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Brhatgarbhacintamani rasa
Brhatgarbhacintamani rasa (Brihat Garbhachintamani Rasa, ब्रहत गर्भचिंतामणी रस), a classical Ayurvedic herbomineral tablet from Bhaishajyaratnavalli, used in pregnancy; contains gold, mercury, and other bhasmas; AFI dosage 250 mg.
Candanadi Lauha
Candanadi Lauha (Candanādi Lauha, चन्दनादि लौह), also Candanadya Lauha, is an Ayurvedic herbomineral iron formula (AFI 21:1, Bhaishajya Ratnavali) of twelve herbs plus Lauha bhasma, dosed 250-500 mg, chiefly for recurrent intermittent fever.
Candrakala Rasa
Candrakala Rasa (Candrakalā Rasa), a Kharaliya herbo-mineral Ayurvedic formulation of mercury, sulphur, copper and mica calx with cooling herbs, used for Pitta disorders, fever, bleeding, and dysuria; dose 125-750 mg.
Candramrta Rasa
Candramrta Rasa (Chandramrita Rasa, चन्द्रामृत रस) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasayoga pill for cough (kasa), defined in the Rasajalanidhi and Ayurvedic Formulary of India, containing processed metals and studied for children's cough.
Candramsu Rasa
Candramsu Rasa (Candrāṃśu rasa) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000624), containing purified mercury, sulphur, calcined iron, tin, biotite mica, and Aloe vera root, dosed at 250 mg for gynecological indications.
Caturbhuja rasa
Caturbhuja rasa (चतुर्भुजरस), also Chaturbhuj Ras, is a Kharaliya herbo-metallic Ayurvedic Rasashastra formulation of mercury, gold, arsenic disulphide, and orpiment, dosed at 125 mg, used classically for psychosis, epilepsy, and Kampavata.
Caturmukha rasa
Caturmukha rasa (Chaturmukha Rasa), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet of purified mercury, sulphur, iron bhasma, and mica bhasma, used for asthma, anemia, and diabetes, with rat antidiabetic and toxicity studies.
Cintamani caturmukha rasa
Cintamani caturmukha rasa (Chintamani Chaturmukh Ras), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet from Bhaisajyaratnavalli: Rasa Sindura with loha, abhraka, and swarna bhasmas, processed with kumari juice bhavana for seven days.
Dantodbhedagadantaka rasa
Dantodbhedagadantaka rasa (दन्तोद्भेदगादान्तक ऱस), an Ayurvedic Formulary of India herbomineral tablet for teething disorders in children; 22 ingredients including four bhasmas; standardized in a 2026 JAIMS study.
Dhatri lauha
Dhatri lauha (धात्री लौह), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral iron formulation with amla, licorice, and guduchi, used for anemia (Pandu Roga); CCRAS multicenter trial showed hemoglobin rise from 8.46 to 9.18 g/dl in 45 days.
Ekangavira Rasa
Ekangavira Rasa (Ekangveer Rasa, एकांगवीर रस) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation with mercury and lead bhasma, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India and used for Vata disorders such as paralysis and sciatica.
Gaganasundara Rasa
Gaganasundara Rasa (गगनसुन्दर रस) is a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation from Bhaishajya Ratnavali (AFI 20:11), made of borax, cinnabar, sulphur, and calcined mica with Euphorbia juice, indicated for fever with diarrhea and bleeding disorders.
Gandamala Kandana Rasa
Gandamala Kandana Rasa (Gaṇḍamālā kaṇḍana rasa), also Gandamalakandana Rasa, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasayoga with purified mercury, sulphur, calcined metals, and herbs, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India (AFI000448) at 250–500 mg for goiter and cervical lymphadenitis.
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.
Gandhaka rasayana
Gandhaka rasayana (गन्धक रसायन) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rejuvenative based on purified sulphur, with fifteen textual variants; used chiefly for skin diseases, dosed 1–3 g per the Ayurvedic Formulary of India.
Gandhaka vati
Gandhaka vati (Gandhaka vaṭī, AFI000415) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet of purified sulphur and mercury with herbs and salts, dosed at 2 g, indicated for skin diseases (twaka roga).
Garbhacintamani rasa
Garbhacintamani rasa (Garbha cintāmaṇi rasa), an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pregnancy formulation from Bhaishajya Ratnavali, AFI000490, 250 mg dose, containing mercury and calcined metals; rat studies show dose-dependent toxicity.
Garbhapala rasa
Garbhapala rasa (गर्भपाला रस), also Garbhpal Ras, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral formulation of cinnabar, lead, tin, and iron bhasmas with herbs, used for pregnancy disorders; commercial samples have tested high in lead and mercury.
Godanti bhasma
Godanti bhasma, an Ayurvedic calcined gypsum (calcium sulfate) preparation from the Sudha varga, used traditionally as antipyretic and antiulcer medicine; rat studies show gastroprotective and fever-reducing effects at 250-500 µg/kg.
Grahani Kapata Rasa
Kapata rasa (Grahani kapata rasa) is a herbo-mineral Ayurvedic pill of Rasashastra containing purified mercury and sulphur, used for grahani roga (malabsorption syndrome); distinct from the unrelated Maluku oral tradition called kapata.
Guduci Lauha
Guduci Lauha (Guduchyadi Lauha, Guducyadi Louha) is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral iron formulation from Bhaishajya Ratnavali combining Lauha Bhasma with Tinospora cordifolia and digestive herbs, listed in AFI Part II 17:1 and used mainly for gout (Vatarakta).
Gulmakalanala Rasa
Gulmakalanala Rasa (गुल्मकालानल रस) is a mercury-based Ayurvedic formulation of the Rasa Shastra tradition, listed in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India for gulma, abdominal lumps.
Hajrul yahud bhasma
Hajrul yahud bhasma (Kushta Hajrul yahood, Lapis judaicus, Jew's stone) is a calcined fossil silicate-of-lime stone used in Unani and Ayurvedic medicine for kidney and bladder stones, with small clinical trials and rat toxicity studies.
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.
Haritala sodhana
Haritala sodhana (Haratala Shodhana) is the Ayurvedic purification of orpiment (arsenic trisulfide, As2S3), an Uparasa and Dhatuja Visha mineral, by Swedana or Bhavana in media such as Kushmanda Swarasa and Churnodaka, yielding Shodhita Haratala for Rasamanikya.
Hemagarbha pottali rasa
Hemagarbha pottali rasa (हेमगर्भपोट्टली), also Hemgarbha Pottali, is an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral pottali of purified mercury, sulphur, gold and copper bhasmas with aloe juice; a 125 mg emergency-care formulation for Rajayakshma and Sannipataj conditions.
Hemanatha rasa
Hemanatha rasa (Hemnath Ras), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral rasa formulation from Bhaishajya Ratnavali 86/43-47, made from kajjali (mercury-sulfur) with gold, iron, coral and tin bhasmas, dosed 375 mg for urinary disorders.
Hingu sodhana
Hingu sodhana is the Ayurvedic purification of asafoetida (hingu, Ferula resin), done by frying in ghee per Rasatarangini; studies show reduced ash, moisture, and extractives after processing.
Hingula ghrta
Hingula ghrta: Ayurvedic preparations pairing purified cinnabar (Hingula, HgS, Sadharana Rasa) with medicated ghee (Ghrita), used as vehicle, processing medium, topical base, and part of the classical toxicity regimen.
Hingula sodhana
Hingula sodhana is the Ayurvedic purification (Shodhana) of cinnabar (Hingula, HgS), a Sadharana Rasa of Rasashastra, done by seven bhavanas with juices like ginger juice to detoxify the mercury-rich mineral before medicinal use or Parada extraction.