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Appendix II: Recipes Gemstone Medicines

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Uses and indications: (i) Effective in phthisis and tuberculosis.
(ii) Acts as bronchodilator.
QURS SALAJIT
Recipe
Asphalt (salajit)                                                                       100 grams
Egg shell calcined (kushta-i-chhilka baiza murgh)                  50 grams
Ferric oxide (kuslita khabs-ul-hadid)                                       50 grams
Tin oxide (kushta qal'ij                                                             50 grams
Ground Soapstone (sang jar ah at said a)                                    1 0 grams
Magnesium carbonate (maghnishia fahmi)                                4 grams
Salvia haematodes (bahman surkh)                                        1 00 grams
Acacia arabica gum (gond kikar)                                              50 grams
White sugar (qiwam shakar safaid)                                         200 grams
Liquid paraffin (sliam'iri)                                                                5 ml.
Preparation: Salvia, asphalt and Acacia gum are ground and sieved
through 80-mesh and the calcined egg shell, ferric and tin oxides are
added to it. The white sugar is added to this mixture which is sieved
through 16-mesh, and again sieved through 20-mesh. To the dan'a
obtained are added the liquid paraffin, soapstone, and magnesium
carbonate. Tablets of size No. 2 (each tablet = 250 mg.) are obtained
and kept in glass jar.
Dosage and administration: 2 tablets with 250 ml. of milk before
breakfast.
i'ses and indications: (i) General tonic, (ii) Curative for spermatorrhoea.
QURS KAB1D NAUSHADR1
Recipe
Roasted borax (sohaga biryan)                                               100 grams
Lake salt (namak sambhar)                                                     1 25 grams
Black salt (namak siyah)                                                         1 50 grams
Ammonium chloride (naushadar)                                          125 grams
Soapstone ground (sang jarahat saidaj                                     35 grams
Embelia ribes (baobarang)                                                      100 grams
Careya arborea (ban kharnba, kumbi)                                   100 grams
Terminalia chebula peel (poast halila zard)                          200 grams
Zingiber officinale (zanjibil, south)                                       1 25 grams
Citric acid (sat limun)                                                               30 grams
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