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Abhraka bhasma
Abhraka bhasma (अभ्रक भस्म), Ayurvedic calcined mica ash from Rasashastra; purified (Shodhana), incinerated through repeated Puta cycles into nanocrystalline herbo-mineral powder used as rasayana for asthma, diabetes, anemia.
Banga bhasma
Banga bhasma (Vanga bhasma) is an Ayurvedic herbo-metallic medicine of calcined tin, purified and incinerated with plant juices to crystalline tin oxide (SnO2), used traditionally for prameha, diabetes, and genitourinary disorders.
Gandhaka
Gandhaka (गन्धक) is purified sulphur in Ayurveda's Rasashastra, base of Gandhaka Rasayana; purified by ghee-milk Shodhana, used for skin diseases, studied in 180-day rat toxicity trials.
Haratala bhasma
Haratala bhasma (Haratal Bhasma) is an Ayurvedic Rasashastra medicine: purified orpiment (arsenic trisulfide, As2S3) incinerated into a fine ash, used internally and externally after Shodhana, with classical doses of 30-60 mg.
Karprara Rasa
Karprara Rasa (Kharpara/Karpara, also Rasaka) is a mineral drug of Ayurvedic Rasa Shastra, an indirect source of Yashada, Pittala, and Varta bhasmas, with Katu-Kashaya rasa, Sheeta virya, and Kapha-pittaghna action.
Kasisa bhasma
Kasisa bhasma (kasīsa bhasma), an Ayurvedic calcined ferrous sulphate (FeSO4·7H2O, green vitriol) herbo-mineral preparation made by shodhana, bhavana, and marana; used as a hematinic in iron deficiency anemia (Pandu roga).
Loha bhasma
Loha bhasma (Lauha bhasma), Ayurvedic calcined iron ash made by shodhana and repeated puta incineration, yielding magnetite-group iron oxide nanoparticles; a hematinic used for iron deficiency anemia (Pandu roga), dose 30–240 mg.
Mandura bhasma (mandira bhasma)
Mandura bhasma (mandur/mandira bhasma, मण्डूर भस्म) is an Ayurvedic iron-oxide calcine made from aged iron slag (fayalite FeSiO4) via shodhana and marana, used for anemia (Pandu) and liver disorders, dose 30–240 mg classical, 250–500 mg official.
Naga bhasma
Naga bhasma (नाग भस्म), an Ayurvedic herbo-metallic lead calx prepared by shodhana, jarana, and repeated calcination, used traditionally for diabetes and spleen disorders; marketed samples show variable lead content and safety concerns.
Rajata bhasma
Rajata bhasma (रजत भस्म), Ayurvedic calcined silver preparation of Rasashastra; nanoparticle-sized silver/silver sulfide powder dosed 30–120 mg, studied for antimicrobial activity and toxicity in zebrafish and rodents.
Svarna bhasma
Svarna bhasma (Swarna/Suvarna Bhasma), calcined gold ash of Ayurvedic Rasashastra, used for tuberculosis, diabetes, arthritis, and nervous diseases and in child Suvarnaprashana; nanoparticulate gold, doses 15–240 mg, variable gold content, contested pediatric safety.
Svarnamaksika bhasma
Svarnamaksika bhasma (Swarnamakshika bhasma), an Ayurvedic calcined preparation of chalcopyrite (copper pyrite, CuFeS2), a Maharasa mineral purified by shodhana and incinerated by marana, used classically for fever, anemia, diabetes, and insomnia.
Svarnavanga
Svarnavanga (Swarna Vanga, Svarṇa Vaṅga) is an Ayurvedic tin-sulfur-mercury medicine used since the 14th century for diabetes, urinary, and respiratory disorders; rat studies found no tissue toxicity at therapeutic doses.
Tamra bhasma
Tamra bhasma (copper ash, copper calx) is an Ayurvedic incinerated copper preparation made by Shodhana, Marana, and Amritikarana; used in small doses for anemia, asthma, and liver disorders, with safety dependent on proper purification.
Trivanga bhasma
Trivanga bhasma is a trimetallic Ayurvedic medicine made from calcined ashes of lead, tin, and zinc, used traditionally to treat diabetes mellitus and urinary disorders.
Yasada bhasma
Yasada bhasma (Yashad/Jasada bhasma), an Ayurvedic zinc calx made by shodhana, jarana, and marana puta cycles; studies report ZnO or ZnS nanoparticles, antidiabetic use, and safety data.