GANDHAK DRUTI

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r.r.sa.5À27–
31´

 EQUIPMENT
a) KHALVA YANTRA
b) PALIKA YANTRA
c) COTTON CLOTH
d) SADANSHA YANTRA
e) THREAD
f) VESSEL
 Ingredients :-

1) Gandhak – 500gms
2) Trikatu – 100gms
(Pippali – 33gm, Shunthi – 33, Maricha – 33)
3) Tila-taila – 800ml
4) Milk – As required

 Method of Preparation :-

a) Gandhak Shodhan
b) Preparation of Varti
c)Ignition of Varti

a) Gandhak Shodhan :-
1) Take palika yantra, make it ghrita lipta
2) Take gandhak in it; heat it till the gandhak melts
3) Immediately filter it through the cloth beneath which it
is poured into milk in the vessel & get solidified immediately
4) Remove the gandhak from the milk wash it with
lukewarm water
5) Dry it & weigh it
6) Repeat this procedure for 7 times

b) Preparation of Varti :-
1) Take shodhit gandhaka & triturate it in the Khalva-
yantra
2) Take trikatu make churna of it
3) Take cotton cloth (vastra) if 25*25cm (L*B)
4) Gandhaka & Trikatu were taken in one vessel & mixed
properly
5) The churna gandhaka & trikatu is spread on the cloth
equally & varti is made it
6) 16 vartis were made, in each varti 30gms of the mixture
was taken & it was tied properly
7) Over night immersion of varti in tila-taila

c) Ignition of Varti :-
1) On the next day, varti was ignited by holding its two
ends with the help of
Sadamsha yantra, so that, its middle portion come down
to form its U-shaped structure.
2) Ignition was started from the bottom of the U
3) Druti was collected in the vessel kept below

 Observation :-
a) Gandhak before shodhan-Yellow crystalline form,
transparent
b) Gandhak after shodhan-Yellowish amorphous,
opaque
c) Colour of mixture :-
Gandhak + Trikatu = Greyish yellow
d) Varti before ignition :-
Wet with tila-taila it snigdha; when pressed
taila was oozing out through it
e) Varti during ignition :-
When varti was ignited; saffocating gas was
released from it & taila of black colour was
dripping drop by drop
f) Varti after ignition :-
Become brittle, dark black colour; light in
weight & was not igniting easily
g) Varti before immersion :-
Dry & less in weight; tied with thread
h) Varti before immersion :-
Become heavy as it absorbs oil

 Observation of Druti :-
1) It is black in colour snigdha, emitting obnoxious
smell

 Precautions :-
1) Wash & clean all the apparatus as well as hands
properly
2) Take new milk each time during Shodhan
3) Wear mask during ignition prouss, as sulphur on
oxidation becomes sulphurdioxide which is poisonous gas
4) Discard initial few drops after ignition; as it may be tila-
taila
5) Collect the druti in clean vessel
PHOTO

GANDHAK
MARICHA

TILA TAILA

SUNTHI PIPPALI

VARTI

IMMERSION OF VARTI IN TAIL

IGNITION OF VARTI

COLLECTION OF
DRUTI
Indication :-

1. Pandu
2. Kasa
3. Shwasa
4. Shula
5. Grahani
6. Aamavaat
7. kushta
Cost :-

Ingredient cost
Quantity

1) Gandhak 50 Rs 500 gm

2) Pippali 15 Rs 33 gm

3) Shunthi 5 Rs 33 gm

4) Maricha 10 Rs 33
gm

5) Cloth 50 Rs 2
meter

6) Thread 5 Rs 1 roll

7) Tila-taila 180 Rs 1 lit.

 HISTORY OF RASASHASTRA

NIRUKTI OF RASA
In Rasashastra rasa refers to Mercury. But rasa has
many meanings such as shadrasas,navarasas,water,
liquid, suvarna, visha, amruta, harsha, rasa dahtu,
rasna, patha, shallaki,etc.

rsanaat\ sava- QaatUnaama\ rsa [it AiBaQaIyatoÈ

Parad engulfs all the dhatus hence it is called as rasa.

Rasashatra has two aims:
1.To earn more money by converting nonprecious
metals into precious ones with the help of mercury and
mercurial products.
2.To attain longevity, health and vigor by using drugs
containing mercurial products.

Rasashastra in Vedas :
In Vedas rasa is taken as semen of lord shiva.
Knowledge Rasashastra supposed to originates from
lord shiva. Vedas consider Rupa, Agni, Varuna, Indra,
Maruta etc as Bhishak. Lord Shiva is considered as first
bhishak.

RASASHSTRA IN SAMHITA PERIOD:

Charak samhita classified substances as Oudbhid,

Jangam, parthiv. Parthiv substances includes metals.
Charak explained suvarna, tamra, rajat, trapu, sisak,
loha as six dhatus. Along with these Charak also
described sikata, sudha, manashila, haratal, lavan,
gairika, anjana etc.in parthiv drugs. He given use of
these drugs in many diseases. Charak given a name
rajas to fine powder of metals instead of bhasma. In
Sushruta samhita use of metals,ratna, uparatna, etc. in
treatment of many diseases. It also contain use of loha
for preparation of shastra,yantra. Sushruta has
described use of suvarna as rasayana, in increasing
intellect, enhancing life, etc. Ashtanga sangraha and
Ashtanga hridya gives rasa, virya, vipak of metals.

DIFFERENT KALPANAS IN RASASHASTRA

• RASAYAN KALPA: Kalpas used for destroying ageing
and destroying diseases are rasayan kalpas. It
enhances the life, ayu, strength, colour, oja.
• KAJJALI: Kajjali is made by triturating sudha parad
and shudha gandhak till it become black coloured and
attain shlakshnatva, varitaratva.
• PARPATI KALPANA: The word ‘parpati’ derived from
parpat means thin sheet. Kajjali is melt on fire and it
made in thin sheet by pressing them in leaves of
kadali, palash etc. This is parpati kalpana.
• KUPI PAKVA RASAYANA:Medicines made by heatng
parad etc. in glass bottle are called as kupi pakva
rasayan.
 Causative factors

Provocated kapha Provocate

vata

Produces obstruction Reversal of

Apana vayu
to vata which starts
moving backward

Accelerates
upward movement
of
udan

Friction between
udana and
Prana

Reversed
movement of prana
Also, prana
entering into chest
 larynx gets
provocated

Exhaled from
mouth along with
dosha
s

sound produced
while exhaling
prana

kasa

ADRAKA / SUNTHI
LATIN NAME :- Zingiber officinale.
FAMILY :- Scitaminae.
SYNONYMS :- Nagar, Sringavera, Yishva, Bheshaja,
Katubhadra.
CLASSIFICATION :- Charka- Triptighna, Arshoghna,
Dipaniya, Shoolaorashaman,
Trishnanigrahana.
SUSHRUTA :- Pippaluadi, Trikatu.
VAGBHATA :- Pippaluadi.
PART USED :- Rhizome.
PROPERTIES :- Rasa :- Katu.
 Virya :- Ushna.
Vipak :- Madhur.
Guna :- Gwul, Ruksha, Tikshna.
Karma :- Vata-Kaphahar, Dipan, Bhedana.

INDICATIONS :- Shoola, Amavata, Adhmana, Atisara,

Shlipada, Kasa, Swasa,hridroga
Shopha, Arshas, Hikka, Vibandha, Raktapitta,
Pandu, Jwara, kushta,
agnimandya etc .

MARICHA
LATIN NAME :- Piper Nigrum.
FAMILY :- Piperaceae.
SYNONYMS :- Ushana, Krushna, Dhanvantari, Vellaja,
Shakanga.
CLASSIFICATION :- Chark:- Dipaniya, Shoolaprashaman,
Krimighna,
 Shirovirechanopag.
SUSHRUTA :- Pippalyadi, Trikatu.
VAGBHATA :- Pippalyadi.
PART USED :- Fruit.
PROPERTIES :- Rasa :- Katu
Virya :- Ushna
Vipak :- Katu
Guna :- Laghu, Tikshna.
Karma :- Kapha-vatahar, Avrushya, Dipan, Pramathi
INDICATIONS :- Pinasa, Kasa, Pravahika, Hrudroga, Krimi,
Swasa, Shoola.

PIPPALI

LATIN NAME :- Piper Longum.

FAMILY :- Piperaceae.
SYNONYMS :- Kana, Krushna, Kola, Chapala, Tikshna, Tandula,
Magadhi, Vaidehi.
CLASSIFICATION :- Charak :- Dipaniya, Kanthya,
Asthapanopaga,
Shirovirechanopaga, Sitaprashamana,
Shoolaprashaman, Kasahara, Hikkanigrahan,
Triptighna, Vamana
SUSHRUTA :- Pippalyadi, Urdwabhagahar, Trikatu,
Amalakyadi,Shirovirechan.
VAGHATA :- Pippalyadi.
PART USED :- Fruit, Root.
PROPERTIES :- Rasa :- Katu.
Virya :- Ushna.
Vipak :- Madhura.
Guna :- Laghu, Snigdha.
Karma :- Vatashleshmahara, Dipan, Vrushya,
Rasayan.
INDICATION :- Udra, Pliharoga, Jwara, Kushta, Prameha,
Gulma, Arshas,
Shoola, Amavata.