{"id":703,"date":"2016-05-08T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/?p=703"},"modified":"2016-05-08T06:30:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T06:30:15","slug":"mercury-siddha-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/mercury-siddha-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury in Siddha Medicine Preparations."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\"><u><b>Mecury based Siddha Medicines.<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\"> The branch or science of Mercury based medicines are called as Rasa sasthra <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">, Rasa Oushadam &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a \u0b94\u0bb7\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">, Rasa vignanam &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">, Rasa vaithiyam &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">, Rasavaatham &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">etc&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-704\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercury-siddha-medicine-toxicity-purification-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"mercury is used to prepare siddha medicines of powerful and high potency\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercury-siddha-medicine-toxicity-purification-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercury-siddha-medicine-toxicity-purification-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercury-siddha-medicine-toxicity-purification-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercury-siddha-medicine-toxicity-purification.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mercury as Medicine<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\"> In Siddha Medicine, Mercury is extensively used in the preparation of medicines after purification. Mercury is also used in the Alchemical and rejuvenation medicine preparations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\"><b>Rasa <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">means elixir of life and the word is attributed to the most important factor responsible for life in various fields of life of knowledge. In physiology it is the first and foremost Dhatoo (tissue) without which no further process can take place. In the herbal domain it is the essence of a substance. The same meaning is implied to mercury by denoting it as rasa &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bbe<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">&#8216; of the mineral kingdom or in other words the metal of utmost importance having distinct properties and unique nature is given the term Rasa.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Rasa denotes state of liquidness hence the siddha science which develops with the central theme of \u00a0&#8216;rasa-mercury&#8217; , is rasa shastra or rasaoushadhies. The mercury based siddha medicines are widely used by siddha physicians.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\"><u><b>Why mercury based medicines?<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Siddhar Agathiyar has given a thub rule for selecting medicines for treatment as follows,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[pullquote align=&#8221;full&#8221; cite=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; size=&#8221;&#8221;] <span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bb4\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bae\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bae\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0bae\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2 \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc7<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">!<\/span> [\/pullquote]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Eventhough pure herbal based medicines are effective, Mercury based siddha medicines like parpam, mezhu and chendooram are preferred for following reasons,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Highly potent.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-705 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"reasons for mercurial medicines in siddha\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification-990x659.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification-441x294.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mercuric-medicines-after-purification.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Fast action.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Vast utility.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Cures certain chronic diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Longer shelf life.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Easy to consume.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Only smaller dose is enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Acts as rejuvenation medicines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong>Importance of Mercury.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0b86\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe \u0b9a\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bae\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc7 \u0b87\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba9\u0bc7 \u0b95\u0bc6\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b9a\u0bca\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bbe\u0baf\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe \u0b85\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0bae\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0b93\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe \u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0b9e\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0b93\u0b95\u0bcb\u0b95\u0bcb\u00a0 \u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b93\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">-\u0b95\u0bca\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba3\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd -500 (355)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\">Explanation:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Without mercury, one cannot prepare animated pills which will help in space travel,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Without mercury, alchemy is not possible,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Without mercury, rejuvenation or attaining siddhi is not possible,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Without mercury, mantra (\u0bae\u0ba3\u0bbf \u0bae\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0b94\u0bb7\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd) is not possible,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Without mercury, even the name of siddha is lost,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Without this one cannot attain siddhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 -Konganar nadukandam -500 (355)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\"><u><b>Purification of mercury in Siddha Medicine &#8211; Rasa suddhi.<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Toxicity of mercury and its implications on health is one of the much discussed topic. The naturally occurring mercury and industrial mercury are totally dangerous to human health. The ancient great scientists THE SIDDHARS have discovered it long before any one can fathom about it. So, much importance is given to the process of purification of mercury <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">to obtain pure VAALAI RASAM (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8 \u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Mercury for medical preparations) <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">in<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">amil <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">S<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">iddha <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Med<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">i<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">cine.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Medical l<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">iteratures like bogar 7000 and agathiyar poorna soothiram 216 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">etc<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">, has <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">also <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">emphasized this fact and the siddhars took care of this point by evolving specific methods for the detoxification of mercury.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-706 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/purification-mercury-siddha-medicine-176x300.png\" alt=\"purificationof mercury in siddha medicine\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">There are many processes in rasasathiram, which play a very important role in making the siddha metallic and mineral preparations free of toxicity and in making them highly absorbable into the human system as compared to the metallic and mineral compounds prepared by modern chemical methods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Mercury \u2013 the foremost drug of rasa sasthra, which preserves its mystical links with tantra and alchemy, is considered as a living substance or a living being. In the process of converting it into a rejuvenating medicine it goes through all of the same processes as the siddha who seeks salvation. First the mercury id &#8216;awakened&#8217;, made &#8216;hungry&#8217;, it is fed, made to &#8216;swoon&#8217; and lastly &#8216;killed&#8217;. Here the word &#8216;killing&#8217; refers to incineration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Various process involved in purification of mercury in Siddha System are<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Extraction <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Calcination <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Sublimation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0baa\u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Distillation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Dissolution <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Fusion <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b89\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Separation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8 \u0baa\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Combination or conjugation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b89\u0bb1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc8 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Congelation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0baf\u0b9a\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Cibation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b8a\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Fixation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bcb\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0baa\u0b9f\u0bbf \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Incineration <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bb2\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Animation or vivification <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bca\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Fabrication <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb5\u0bc8\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1 \u0b85\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b89\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Cuppellation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bae\u0bc2\u0b9a\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Levigation <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b85\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb2\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Liquification <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">In Tamil siddha medical literature, siddhars have <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">employed above methods <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">to remove 15 layers of toxicity <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0ba4\u0bcb\u0bb7\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">&amp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\"> in mercury while preparing medicines.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\"><u><b>Medicinal Properties of Mercury Based Siddha Medicines:<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">Mercury is used in therapeutics in a compound form. These mercurial compounds possess aphrodisiac, anti ageing, immunomodulator properties. Also they increases potentiality, intellect, memory, attentiveness, complexion and tissue elements (Dhatu).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\">These medicines also eradicate diseases caused by all the three vitiated doshas (vata-pita-kapha), even restricting death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Mercurial Siddha Medicines are used in pandu (anemia-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0baa\u0bbe\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">), shawasa (dyspnoea-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bb9\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">), kasa (cough, TB-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b9a \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">), kamalai (Jaundice-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bc8<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">), suram (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">-All kinds of fever from cold to brain fever), soolai (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0bc2\u0bb2\u0bc8<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">-spasmodic pain), kirimi dosha (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bbf \u0ba4\u0bcb\u0b9a\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">&#8211; worm infestations, infections), atisaaram (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b85\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">-diarrhea), kushta (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb7\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">-skin diseases), puttru noi (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">cancer), <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Kidney failuer (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0b95 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb4\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">), <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Liver diseases (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b95\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0ba3\u0bc8 <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0ba8\u0bcb\u0baf\u0bcd<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">)<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif; color: #000000;\"><b>Few of the Names of Mercurial preparations: <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Rasagendhi mezhu &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bae\u0bc6\u0bb4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bc1<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Rasakattu &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Rasa karpura kattu &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc2\u0bb0 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">R<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">asa parpam &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">S<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">andaamaarutha chendooram &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bbe\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Rasa chendooram &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">R<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">asa kuligai &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">S<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">urakaangisha <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">M<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">athirai &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0b9a\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb7 \u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">R<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">asa pathangam &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">Rasamani &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: FreeSans;\"><span lang=\"hi-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L;\">\u0bb0\u0b9a \u0bae\u0ba3\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Schoolbook L,serif;\">etc&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mecury based Siddha Medicines. The branch or science of Mercury based medicines are called as Rasa sasthra \u0bb0\u0b9a \u0b9a\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd, Rasa Oushadam &#8211; \u0bb0\u0b9a \u0b94\u0bb7\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd, Rasa vignanam &#8211; \u0bb0\u0b9a \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd, Rasa vaithiyam &#8211; \u0bb0\u0b9a \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bae\u0bcd, Rasavaatham &#8211; \u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd etc&#8230; In Siddha Medicine, Mercury is extensively used in the preparation of medicines after purification. 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