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Appendix II: Recipes Gemstone Medicines

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Ghee                                                                                              2 grams
Preparation: First, the pearls are triturated to fine grains. Next,
rnastagi is ground in a mortar gently with hands. The remaining
medicines are sieved through 80-mesh and made into sufuf. Afterwards, the ambergris is warmed and molten in ghee. Lastly, all the
ingredients are mixed, kneaded in water to yield the No. 3 size pills,
dried, coated with silver foil, and kept in bottle.
Dosage and administration: One pill in the morning and one in
evening with 250 ml. of milk. Avoid sour, dry and heat generating
edibles.
Uses and indications: (i) Effective against leucorrhoea. (ii) Nervine
and general tonic.
HAB MISKEEN NAWAZ
Recipe
Pure mercury (para musaffa)
Purified sulphur (gandhak anda sar musaffa)
Yellow arsenic sulphide (hartal tabaqi rnudabbir)
Sodium borate (sohaga)
Croton tiglium (hub-ul-salatin, jamalgota rnudabbir)
Aconitum ferox (mitha tilia rnudabbir)
Dried Emblica officinalis (amla khushk)
Terminalia belerica peel (poast bahera)
Terminalia chebula peel (poast halila :ard)
Piper longum (pipal)
Zingiber officinale (zanjabil, sonth)
Piper nigrum (filfil-i-siyah, siyah mirch)
Eclipta alba, juice (ab bhangra)
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Preparation: First of all, the mercury and sulphur are ground together till a collyrium-like powder is formed. Afterwards, arsenic
sulphide, aconitum and croton are ground to fine grains and mixed
with the mercury-sulphur sufuf The remaining ingredients are then
sieved through 80-mesh, added to the sufuf, and triturated. The total
sufuf is triturated for one full day in the bhangra juice, pills of size No.
2 are made and preserved in bottle.
Dosage and administration: 1-2 pills in the morning with water or
with some other vehicle. Khichri and porridge advisable during treatment. Astringent or difficult to digest edibles to be avoided. The
choice of the vehicle is suggested by an experienced tabib against
specific ailments.
Uses and indications: (i) For stomach and bowel pains, (ii) Helps
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