sadharana rasa

Sadharana rasa’s

Kampillashchaparo gowripashano navasadaraha|

Kapardo vahnijaarshcha girisindhurahingulou||

Mruddharasrngamithyashtou sadharanarasha smrthaha|

(rasaratnasamuchchaya 3:120-121)

1. Kampilla2. Gouripashana3. Navasagar4. Kapardika5. Vahnijara6. Girisindhura7. Hingula8. Mriddarshringa

Are 8 substances classified under ‘sadharana rasa’.

kampillaka

KampillakaName Synonyms Prapti sthana & test

for identificationKampillakaIt is obtained from plant. It is nothing but phalaraja.It is reddish in colour, appears like brick powder & glazy & acts as drastic purgative

Kakarsha, chandra, rakthachurnaka, rakthanga, rechana, rochana.

In Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Western ghats.Floats if put on water and burns if put on fire.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actions1. Boiled with

haithaki kashaya or kanji by means of dolayantra.

2. 500gm of kampillaka mixed with 10L of water & rubbed with both hands for 5min , so pure one floats on water.

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Katu rasaLaghu , ushna, tikshna gunaUshna viryaKatu vipakaKapha-vata shamaka & atirechaka

Prayoga Mathra Therapeutic uses

Yogas

Gulma, vrana, aadhmana,udararoga, krimi, arshas

1-3gm In krimi & anaaha

Triphaladya ghrta, brahmi ghrta, patoladi churna, shyamadi churna, krimighatini vati, krimikuthar rasa.

Gouripashana

Name Synonyms Prapti sthana & test

for identificationGouripashanaArsenious oxideTypes:

1. Spatikabha2. Shankabha3. Pitabha

Akshupashana, malla, somala, phenashmabhasma, vikata, hatachurnaka.

Pita varna pashana is available naturally & shweta varna pashana is artificially prepared.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actions1. Kept inside a

bitter gourd fruit and boiled in water for 3hrs.

2. Powder kept in bolus and boiled in meghanada swarasa.

3. Boiling in mamsarasa, milk or tankana jala.

Take gouripashana & pound it well with lajjalu swarasa & incarnate it by means of puta for 7 times.

Kapha-vatahara &Rasa bandha.


Yogas

Shwasa, kushta, shlipada, phirangaroga, vishamajwara, atisara, pandu, amavata.

1-4mg Kushta, amavata, shlipada.

Panchasuta, mallasindura,samirapannaga.

Gouripashana

Navasadara

Name Synonyms Prapti sthana & test for identification

Navasadara Ammonium chloride.The alkaline substance

Chullika lavana, navyasara, nrisara, kittasara, ishtika lavana.

Navasadara is an alkaline substance & is whitish in colour.

which occurs after burning plants like karara & pilu is called navasadara.

Available naturally & also prepared artificially.Water becomes cool when navasadara is put into it.When heated it emits pungent smell like ammonia gas.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actionsNavasadara is purified if it is heated by adding 3 times water, until the water is completely evaporated.

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Laghu, sara, thikshna & sukshma guna.Tridoshahara, dipana, pachana.Loha dravaka.


Yogas

Gulma, pliha, mukhashopha, aadhmana, rasajirna & mamsajirna.

240-600mg

In phuppusa srava and udara.

Suvarnavanga, rajavallabharasa, shankadrava, rasasindura.

Navasadara

Kaparda

Kaparda


Kapardacowrie shell.It is yellowish in colour, having almond shape knot on dorsal surface & considered as best varatika by rasa vaidyas.Varities:

1. Yellow2. White3. grey

Kapardika, chora, charachara, balakridanaka, varatika, varataka.

Varatika is available in seas and big ponds.Note:The shell of a sea water animal namely cyprea moneta of mollusca phyllum is kaparda/varatika.It is smooth & glazy & convex on dorsal surface & having a longitudinal slit on center of ventral side.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actionsVaratika is purified if it is boiled in kulattha kashaya for 3hrs in kanji orin amla dravyas by means of dolayantra.

Pounding with jambhira swarasa & made into cakes, dry and incarnate by means of gajaputa.after that filtered with four folded cloth. The remainder is done the above once again.

Laghu, ruksha.thikshna guna.Katu, tikta rasa.Ushna virya.Katu vipaka.Kapha-vata shamaka.Dipana, pachana, chedana, garahi, vrshya, nethrya.


Yogas

Parinama shula, grahani,karna shula.

250-500mg

Grahani, karnapuya, kasa, rakthapitta.

Pravala-panchamrita, panchamrita vati, lokanatha rasa, bhaskara rasa.

Vahnijara

Vahnijara


Vahnijara.Called Ambergis in English.Note: placenta excreted by a sea animal named agninakra into the sea comes out by the waves & dried by sun is called agnijara.Waxy substance found in intestines of sperm whales.

Agnijara, vahnijara, agnigarbha, jarayu, sindhuplava.

It is brown ash in colour, aromatic and non transparent.

Agnijara is commomly available on seashore of srilanka, Arabia, India & Africa .T for I: dissolved in hot water, inflammable on contact with fire & is light in weight. It dissolves in alcohol, ether, perfumed oil & hot water not in cold water.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actionsAs the saline water in the sea purifies agnijara, no purification is required.(r.r.s)

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Laghu, ruksha, tikshna guna.Katu rasa.Ushna virya.Katu vipaka.Tridoshaghna, dipana, pachana, anulomana, hrdya, vajikarana, balya.


Yogas

Dhanurvata, shula, grahani,pratishyaya.

30-60mg

In pakshaghata & vaajikarana.

Brihadvatachintamani rasa,dhatri rasayana chintamanirasa, jaharmoharpishta.

Girisindhura

Girisindhura


Girisindhura. Sindura, nagaja, mahila Available naturally &

Lead peroxide.If lead is kept in a crucible & subjected to heat in atmosphere, oxygen in air combines with lead & turns into reddish coloured peroxide.

bala bhushana, ganesh bhushana, nagagarbha, nagarenuka, mangalya, bhalasoubhagya.

prepared .It is found inside stones of big mountains wher in the mercury is sometimes dried & turn into red in colour & it is known as girisindhura. T for I: fine, smooth, heavy, soft , glazy & red coloured one is best variety.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actionsSindhura is purified, if it is pounded with jambhira swarasa & heated till the liquid substance is completely evaporated & then should be washed with thandulodaka.(Ba.Ra)

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Karma: tridosha shamaka, vrana shodana, ropana, twachya, asthisandhanakara.


Yogas

Visarpa, raktadosha, sidhma.

For external use.

Nethra roga, paada sphutana.

Sindhura malahara, padadari malahara, sindhura lepa.

Hingula


Hingula. Mleccha, suranga, Hingula is available in

cinnabar.Chemically known as mercuric sulphide. It is also red sulphide of mercury.Types:

1. chamara: greenisg red in colour & is inferior in quality.

2. Shukathunda: yellowish red in colour of medium quality.

3. Hamsapada: reddish in colour similar to hibiscus flower or lard.

singarapa, hansapada, chitranga, ingula.

the countries like spain, Italy, France, Japan, Brazil, America, & Iran.

T for I: the best variety of hingula is identified by its colour as red as ‘japa kusuma’ or pravala along with white streaks here and there.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actions1. Hingula is steeped in

aardraka or jambira for 7 times.

2. Hingula is powdered and steeped in ajaksheera & then with amla rasa dravya(RRS).

Take hingula in khalva and steep it with jambhira swarasa for 7 times & yhen pound with same juice for 7 times and afterwards wash it with water till sourness disappears

Take 1 pala of thalaka churna in a sharava and spread it and keep 1 kasha of shuddha hingula on it.Take lavanga churna 1 masha & put over hingula & pour aardraka swarasa & seal it by putting another sharava on it.Then subjected to heat by means of mandagni for 3hrs.After it cools down in dose of 1 gunja with thambula for nourishment.

Karma:Nethrarogahara,Kapha-pitta haraDipana, pachana & vajikarana.


Yogas

Hrullasa, kushta, jwara, 50- Aamatisara,jwara. Tribhuvankriti,

kaamala, pliha, aamavata.

100mg hinguleshwara rasa, nithyananda rasa, suvarnamalinivasant.

SatvapatanaPaarada is obtained when shuddha hingula is subjected to heat by urdhwapatana yantra/ preparation of rasasindhura with hingula & gandhaka & also available paarada obtained from hingula is hingula krishta paarada and its best.

Mriddarashringa

Mriddarashringa


Mriddarashringa .It is a compound of lead & oxygen & hence called as lead oxide.It is reddish yellow in colour & glazed.

Mriddarashringaka, murdashankaka, bodarashringaka.

Mriddarashringa is available in mountains of Abu, Rajasthan, Gujarath, Bihar, Madhya pradesh , Burma.

Shodhana Maarana Properties & actionsMriddarashringa is steeped in jambiira swarasaBy pounding the fine powder of mriddarashringa in water for about 15 days (RT)

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Karma:Rasabandha, keshya, bhagna sandhanakara, vrana shodhana & ropana.


Yogas

Paama, kandu, upadamsha, phirangaroga.

External use.

In phirangaroga

Stavapatana Mriddarashringa has lead in its essence.

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