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Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature
Metals have had a long history in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Mercury (Parada), gold (Swarna), silver (Rajata), copper (Tamra), iron (Lauha), tin (Vanga), lead (Naga), and zinc (Yasada) are used in therapeutics in an incinerated (Bhasma) form. The pharmacological actions, therapeutic indications,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557360 |
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author | Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar Das, Sanjita Prajapati, P. K. |
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description | Metals have had a long history in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Mercury (Parada), gold (Swarna), silver (Rajata), copper (Tamra), iron (Lauha), tin (Vanga), lead (Naga), and zinc (Yasada) are used in therapeutics in an incinerated (Bhasma) form. The pharmacological actions, therapeutic indications, adverse effects and management of adverse effects of these metals are described and emphasis has been given to the proper preparation, rational dose and duration during clinical practice in the classics of Ayurveda. Most important observation is, there are no contraindications of these Bhasmas, indicating universal applicability to all age levels with suitable adjuvant, proper dose and duration. |
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spelling | pubmed-33362942012-04-27 Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar Das, Sanjita Prajapati, P. K. Anc Sci Life Original Article Metals have had a long history in Ayurvedic system of medicine. Mercury (Parada), gold (Swarna), silver (Rajata), copper (Tamra), iron (Lauha), tin (Vanga), lead (Naga), and zinc (Yasada) are used in therapeutics in an incinerated (Bhasma) form. The pharmacological actions, therapeutic indications, adverse effects and management of adverse effects of these metals are described and emphasis has been given to the proper preparation, rational dose and duration during clinical practice in the classics of Ayurveda. Most important observation is, there are no contraindications of these Bhasmas, indicating universal applicability to all age levels with suitable adjuvant, proper dose and duration. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3336294/ /pubmed/22557360 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. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar Das, Sanjita Prajapati, P. K. Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature |
title | Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature |
title_full | Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature |
title_fullStr | Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature |
title_short | Ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on Ayurvedic literature |
title_sort | ancient concept of metal pharmacology based on ayurvedic literature |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557360 |
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