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Appendix II: Recipes Gemstone Medicines

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dissolved in a little water, is added. When the qiwam has boiled, it is
taken off the fire and vigorously stirred till it becomes whitish. At this
stage the triturated stones (jawahirat) are added and stirred. Afterwards, the saffron and musk, separately triturated in the essence of
Pandanus odoratissimus, are added to the whitish qiwam and stirred.
Last of all, the gold and silver foils are gradually added during stirring
with a dabi till the foils and the khaniira are mixed. The khamira is
preserved in glass/chinaclay martaban (vessel).
Dosage and administration: 5 g. with 250 ml. of milk in the
morning.
Uses and indications: (i) Cardiac, cerebral and liver tonic, (ii)
Specially effective against cardiac weakness, (jit) Anti-fibrillant and
tranquillizing, (iv) Effective during convalescence.
KHAMIRA ABRESHAM OOD MASTAGIWALA
Recipe
Triturated Corallium rubrum (shakh marjan saida, manga
kharal kia hua)                                                                      4 grams,
Vateria indica, ground (kaliru ba-i-shamai saida,
kharal kia hua)                                                                       4 grams
Ground pearls (marwarid said a, moti kharal kiay huay)          8 grams
Ground sapphire (yaqut saida, kharal kia hua)                         4 grams
Triturated green agate (yashab-i-sab:, kharal kia hua)             4 grams
Bombyx mori (abresham muqhara:)                                     360 grams
Aquilaria agallocha (agar Hindi saida)                                     20 grams
Nepeta hindostana leaves (badranjboya)                                 80 grams
Ocimum gratissmum leaves (burg farauj inushk)                    80 grams
White sugar (shakar sajaid)                                                    1 kilogram
+ 200 grams
Citric acid (sat lirnun)                                                                  3 grams
Sodium benzoate (nitrtin bunjawi)                                              1 gram
Pistacia lentiscus (ruastagi rurni)                                                 2 grams
Ghee                                                                                               1 gram
Musk (mushk)                                                                          500 grams
Pandanus odoratissimus, aqua (arq keora)                                     5 ml.
Preparation: The four herbal ingredients are soaked in six times
their volume in water (3 litres) overnight and heated the next morning
till the water is reduced to 300 ml. The ingredients are rubbed with
hands, sieved through a cloth, the white sugar, ambergris and citric
acid are simultaneously added. When the qiwam is ready, sodium benzoate, dissolved in a little water, is added, and the former taken off
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