Open AccessStandard manufacturing procedure of Shadguna Balijarita Makaradhwaja
Author(s) -
Sanjay Khedekar,
PK Prajapati
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ayu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-9382
pISSN - 0974-8520
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8520.159011
Subject(s) - muffle furnace , mercury (programming language) , sulfur , yield (engineering) , chemistry , metallurgy , nuclear chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , computer science , catalysis , calcination , programming language
Makaradhwaja is one of the most potent herbomineral medicines of Ayurveda. Different references for the preparation of Makaradhwaja were reported in classics. According to the proportion of sulfur (Gandhaka), three references were mentioned in classics that is, Dwiguna (2:1 = S: Hg), Triguna (3:1 = S: Hg) and Shadguna (6:1 = S: Hg). Makaradhwaja is prepared by Kupipakwa system of heating. In the preparation of Kupipakwa medicine as the ratio of sulfur to mercury increases it becomes difficult to prepare medicine.