Silver foil (waraq nuqra, chandi fee waraq) 32 grams
Triturated mineral bezoar (zehar mohra kharal kia hua) 20 grams
Triturated emerald (zamarrud saida, kharal kia hua) 20 grams
Triturated pearls (marwarid saida, kharal kiay huay) 20 grams
Triturated green agate (yashhab-i-sabz saida,
kharal kia hua)
20 grams
Nepeta hindostana (badranjboya)
1 00 grams
Santalum album, sawdust (burada sandal sajaid) 1 00 grams
Onosma bracteatum, leaves (burggaozaban) 225 grams
Salvia haematodes, crushed (behman surkh nim kofta) 100 grams
Centaurea behen, crushed (behman sajaid nim kofta) 100 grams
Lallemantia royleana (tukhm-i-balanga) 150 grams
Cheiranthus cheiri, yellow variety (todri zard) 200 grams
Dried Coriandrum sativum (kishniz khushk, dhanya) 100 grams
Onosma bracteatum, flowers (aidgaozaban) 100 grams
White sugar (shakar safaid)
8 kilograms
Citric acid (sat limun)
20 grams
Sodium benzoate (nitrun bunjawi)
6 grams
Ambra grasea (ambar ashhab)
6 grams
Preparation: The herbal ingredients are heated in 10 litres of water
till only l/5th the volume of water remains (2 litres). The decoction is
sieved through 40-mesh while still warm, and the residue on the sieve
is crushed so as to release all the water. The decoction is now heated
with the white sugar, and when it comes to boiling, it is removed from
the fire, sieved on a clothpiece and heated with the citric acid. When
the qiwam is properly set, first ambergris, and later on, after the
formation of the qiwam, sodium benzoate, dissolved in a little water,
is added. The qiwam is made to boil, taken off the fire, and stirred till
it whitens, after which the stones and the pearls are added and stirred,
followed by the gradual addition of the gold and silver foils
accompanied by stirring, till they mix up with the khamira which is
preserved in glass/chinaclay container.
Dosage and administration: 5 g. in the morning or as required. Sour
edibles to be avoided.
Uses and indications: (i) Cardiac and cerebral tonic, (ii) Eye tonic.
