Rasachandamshu or Rasaratna Sangraha
author: M. S. Krishnamurthy
edition: 2013, Chaukhambha Visvabharati
pages: 512
ISBN-10: 9381301263
ISBN-13: 9789381301265
Topic: Rasashastra
Tuttha (Blue vitriol/Copper sulphate)
This page describes Tuttha (Blue vitriol/Copper sulphate) which is part of the Purva-khanda located on page 41 in the book Rasachandamshu (Rasaratna Sangraha) translated into English by M. S. Krishnamurthy. This 19th century book deals with Ayurvedic therapeutics and alchemical processes, belonging the branch of science known as Rasashastra (medicinal alchemy). This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 1: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Rasaka (calamine), bimala, tapya (pyrites), chapala, tuttha (blue vitriol), anjana (stibnite), hingula (cinnabar), and sasyaka (a kind of vitriol)—all these uparasas are also to be placed at the edge of the eight petals and worshipped from the east to the north east....
Read full contents: Part 3 - Drawing of a hexagonal lotus diagram
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa) [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Characteristics of Tuttha (sulphate of copper, prepared in laboratory). It is a compound of copper, and sulphur, prepared by those who know the process. It possesses to a certain extent the properties of copper and is moreover, of the following description:—It is pungent, alkaline, astringent, nauseating, light, destroyer of fat, purgative, cold, improver of eye-sight, pacifier of phlegm and animal heat, and efficacious in poison, stone disease, leprosy, itches, and worms....
Read full contents: Part 1 - Characteristics of Tuttha (sulphate of copper, prepared in laboratory)
Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra [by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna]
Hingu, (Asafetida), Triphala, Yashti-madhu, Saindhava, Prapaundaika, Anjana (black Antimony), Tuttha (Sulphate of copper), and copper pasted together with water and made into a stick (Varti) should be applied as an Anjana to the affected eye. As an alternative, sticks (Varti) composed of Pathya, Haridra, Yashti-madhu and Anjana should be similarly applied....
Read full contents: Chapter XI - Treatment of Shleshma Ophthalmia
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