A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c59.369

v4.c59.369

1171 Tīkṣṇaloha may be used as a substitute for kāntaloha (1.44cd); some measures (1.51); the unit of weight called vamśī (1.52; from the Cintāmaṇi or the Rasadarpaṇa); fluids to be taken in double the quantity and fresh drugs the quantity of which should not be doubled (1.91–92); the doses of mercurial bhasman, prepared with the help of poisonous drugs, as dependent on the country inhabited (1.468–471); āroṭa and its use (1.563); mardana of mercury (2.43; a quotation also found in the Rasakāmadhenu); āroṭa and bīja (2.160); the three types of hiṅgula (2.166); mūrcchana of mercury (2.280–281); 2.285 (unclear); the mythical origin of silver (3.47); the preparation of the bhasman of copper (3.79–80); the preparation of the bhasman of tin (3.109); useful and useless kinds of lead (3.120); the seven doṣas of iron (3.196); the killing of iron (3.206–210); the preparation of the bhasman of iron (3.248–254); the purification of metals (3.275); medicinal uses of several kinds of bhasman (3.276–277);