SAFETY AND TOXICITY PROFILE OF SOME METALLIC PREPARATIONS OF AYURVEDA

Metals and minerals are used profusely in practice of Ayurveda after proper incineration by the name of Bhasma. Some metals and minerals have the potency to produce toxic effects in human being. In this paper safety and toxicity profiles of Tamra Bhasma (incinerated copper, Cu), Lauha Bhasma (incine...

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Autores principales: Prajapati, P.K., Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar, Nayak, Suhas V., Joshi, Renuka D., Ravishankar, B.
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557208
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author Prajapati, P.K.
Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar
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Joshi, Renuka D.
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description Metals and minerals are used profusely in practice of Ayurveda after proper incineration by the name of Bhasma. Some metals and minerals have the potency to produce toxic effects in human being. In this paper safety and toxicity profiles of Tamra Bhasma (incinerated copper, Cu), Lauha Bhasma (incinerated iron, Fe), and Yashada Bhasma (incinerated Zinc, Zn) has been presented, which reveal no serious deleterious effects on body function as a whole.
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spelling pubmed-33352242012-04-27 SAFETY AND TOXICITY PROFILE OF SOME METALLIC PREPARATIONS OF AYURVEDA Prajapati, P.K. Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar Nayak, Suhas V. Joshi, Renuka D. Ravishankar, B. Anc Sci Life Original Article Metals and minerals are used profusely in practice of Ayurveda after proper incineration by the name of Bhasma. Some metals and minerals have the potency to produce toxic effects in human being. In this paper safety and toxicity profiles of Tamra Bhasma (incinerated copper, Cu), Lauha Bhasma (incinerated iron, Fe), and Yashada Bhasma (incinerated Zinc, Zn) has been presented, which reveal no serious deleterious effects on body function as a whole. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2006 /pmc/articles/PMC3335224/ /pubmed/22557208 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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