CHAPTER IV
Chemistry in the Vagbhata.
A typical example is contained in the following recipe:
Sulphate of copper, red ochre, realgar, orpiment sulphate of iron, &c., are recommended for external application for genital sores.
Preparations of Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron and Lead
Gold, copper, silver, iron or tin are to be taken with the myrobalans, rock-salt and honey, &c.
Gold, silver, copper and iron are to be taken in conjunction with bitumen and milk.
Take 64 parts of stibium[1] and one part each of
- ↑ "स्रोतोञ्जन" Srotonjana is evidently stibnite or the native sulphide of antimony (See p. 53); Dutt translates it, we know not on what grounds, as calx-spar.
