Gandhaka

Dr Aparna.V.N.
UPARASA

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Gandhaka
Gairika
Kasisa
Kamkshi
Haritala RRS,RHT ,RPS
Manasila
Anjana
Kankushta
Rasapaddhati -3
Rasarajalakshmi -5
Rasopanishad -7
Ay.Prakasa -19
Rasendrasarasangraha -20
Anandakanda -23
GANDHAKA
Belongs to Uparasa
VERNACULAR NAMES
Bengali
Gujarati
Hindi Gandhaka
Marathi
Punjabi
Mal -Gandhakam
Kannada -Gandhaga
SYNONYMS
Gandhaka,Gandhapashana,Gand
hi,Gandhika,Rasagandhaka,Suga
ndhika,Saugandhika,
Putigandha,Atigandha

Bali,Balivasa,Gauripushpa,Sarabh
umija

Sulbari,Pamari,Keetari,Pamari,Ke
etanasana
MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN
Rajas of Parvati Devi
Balivasa-
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HISTORY
Hippocrates-effective antidote against
plague
Air purification by S in Odyssey
AH -Kushtachikitsa

OCCURENCE
Native & Compound state
Free sulphur in vicinity of volcanoes& hot
springs
Compound form as sulphides&sulphates
As sulphides As sulphates
Iron pyrites Calcium
Copper pyrites sulphate
Galena Heavyspar
Realgar Salestone
Orpiment Kiesrite
Cinnabar Ferrous sulphate
Hydrogen Copper sulphate
sulphide Glouber salt
Places of availability
Freesulphur Italy ,Spain, Texas,
Newzealand, Japan

Compd form
Russia,Japan,Burma,America,
Chile

In India-Jharkhand,Rajasthan,
Kumaon
 GRAHYA LAKSHANA

R.T

Sukapicchasamachaya
Sumasruna
Katina
Snigdha [Ay.Pr]
VARIETIES

[RRS,R.Ar]
3 Types - Rakta Uthama
Peeta Madhyama
Sveta - Adhama
RRS , R.Chu 4 Types
1. Khatika sveta in lohamarana
2. Sukapiccha/Aamalasara
Peetha -
Rasarasayana
3. Sukatunda Raktha
Dhathuvada
4. Krishna Durlabha -
Jaramrityunasana
IMPURITIES IN GANDAKA


[A.P]

Stones
Poison Arsenic etc.
ASUDHASEVA HANI

||
[A.P]
Skin diseases
Burning sensation
Giddiness
Pitha vikara
Roopa-sukha-veerya-bala
hani
SODHANA
1. Gandhaka dissolved in ghee[Equal quantity-R.T]

Filtered to milk through cloth

Milk with sulphur is boiled for 1 hour[No boiling in

R.T]

Sulphur is washed & dried& powdered

R.T Repeat the process 3 times

Contd-
2.Same method can be used by using
sarshapa taila/ Tila taila/ Kusumbha taila
instead of ghee
-R.T

3.
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Also in R.T
Melted gandhaka poured into
bhringarajarasa/
7times swedana in the same
4. A pot of milk is covered with cloth tied over
it

Choornagandhaka kept on it

Covered with earthen dish upside down

Keep cow dung cakes over it & ignite

Molten sulphur fell in milk is washed

5. Powdered gandhaka 4 pala in
damaru yantra

Give madhyamagni for 4 yama

Collect gandhaka from upper

pot.
 Gandhaka gandhanasana
vidhi
Powdered sulphur added to milk& boil

When it becomes turbid add suvarchala rasa.

Pachana in mandagni.

Add this to thriphalarasa& cool it. [R.T,R.Chu]

Marana
No marana since it melts & becomes ash on low
temp.
 Properties&Therapeutic

Uses

RRS
Rasa-Madhura,katu,tiktha,kashaya
Guna-Usna,sara,snigdha
Virya-Ushna
Vipaka-Katu
Karma-Rasayana,Dipana,Pachana,Vishahara,
Kaphahara,Balya,Medhya,Pithala,Chakshusya,
Krimihara,Sutajit,Kushtahara,Aamasosha,
Sutendraviryaprada,Vatahara,Viryavriddikara,
Kanduhara.

Vyadhiprabhava-Kushta,Kandu,Visarpa,Dadru,
Kasa,Swasa etc
R.T-Antidote of asudhaparada/nagaseva
 DOSE

[R.T]
-- 1rathi- 8ratti

ANTIDOTE

[B.R.R.S]

Cows milk & ghee for 2 weeks

PATHYAPATHYA

[A.P]

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AMAYIKAPRAYOGA
With varakwatha

urdwagathavyadhi&agnimandya
With Kantakari kwatha
swasa&kasa
With Kadaliphala Charmaroga
With tilachurna Arsas
With madhu&dhatrirasa -
Mahakushta
 GANDHAKADRUTI
Powdered sulphur + 1/16 part vyoshachurna
is sprinkled over a cloth of lgth&breadth 1
aratni
It is rolled together & tied
Immerse it in tilataila for 3 hours
Hold it with a pair of tongs & ignited
The product is collected in a glass vessel
Administration: 3 drops mixed with 1 valla
of parada on betel leaf.
Use:Kshaya,Pandu,Grahani,Kasa,Swasa,Sool
a,
Ama, Agnideepthi
 GANDHAKATAILA

RRS

Cloth dipped in latex of Arka &

Snuhi ksira & dried- 7times.
Over this cloth paste of gandhaka
& butter applied & rolled to form a
wick.
Ignite it & product is collected
Gandhaka Rasayana
Suddha gandhaka- 3 times
Bhavana in cows milk
Then again Bhavana for 8 times in
Chaturjata,Guduchi.,Aamalaki,hari
taki,Vibhitaki, Shunthi,
Bhringaraja, Aardraka each.
Later added with equal quantity
sugar & preserved.
Dose 6gm , now only 1gm
Duration 1 month(RT)
Sulphur
Sulfur, in its native form, is a bright
yellow crystalline solid
Atomic no: - 16
At .wt -32.066
B.P 444.8 Celsius
Found in native &as sulphides& sulphates
In two aminoacids cysteine &methionine
In nonscientific contexts, it can also be
referred to as brimstone (the "burning
stone").
Physical Properties
Nature crystalline lumps
Colour yellow
Streak yellowish white
Cleavage poor
Fracture conchoidal
Lusture resinous
Tenacity brittle
Transparency transluscent
Hardness 1.5-2.5
Sp.gravity 1.95-2.10
Chemical Properties
Effect on heat in a crucible partially melts
with brown sulphur fumes
Melts at about 110 C,burns at 270C in
airwith blue flame

Solubility insoluble in water&acid , soluble

in carbon disulphide

Assay- should contain less than 90 % sulphur

Heavy metals& arsenic should not contain

more than As 1ppm , Cd 2 ppm
 Varieties
Sulphur

Crystalline Amorphous

Alpha Beta Plastic Colloidal Milk

of sulphur
In blood 3.4 mg %
In 3 forms Inorganic sulphate
Neutral sulphate
Etheral sulphate
Absorption
Ingested sulphur in food in 2 forms
1. Inorganic sulphate
2. Organic sulphate

Absorbed from the intestine into portal blood &

reaches the liver.
Metabolism
Liver

Organic sulphur Inorganic

sulphur

Unoxidised Oxidised Detoxication

Systemic circulation
Unoxidised S one part helps formation
of S containing substances & other part is
excreted as neutral S. [5%]
Oxidised S becomes inorganic Sulphur.

Inorganic S One part enters systemic

circulation & excreted through urine.
[85%]
Other part undergo detoxication& etheral
sulphate is formed& excreted through
urine.[10%]
Sulphur in contemporary
medicine
Legitimate medical uses
Fungicides& parasiticides& for
tmt of various cutaneous
disorders psoriasis,seborrhea
eczema dermititis, lupus
erytromatoses.
Preparations- Sublimed sulphur
Precipitated sulphur
Colloidal sulphur
Only official ointment- sulphur
Some of the Research
works
Physico chemical analysis before
& after purification
Standardisation of gandhaka
druti & gandhaka taila
Antimicrobial activity of
gandhak.
Gandhakarasayana w.s.r difft
diseases.
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