 धातयु ् रोहे रह

ु इतत भत् सोऽपऩ कषााथवा ाची॥

 “Luh” – to attract / extract
 Since metals are obtained by attracting
/extracting them from ores.

 धायणात ् धातव: ।
 As they provide support to the body.

 वरीऩलरत खालरत्म कार्शमााफल्मजयाभमान ् ।

तनवामा दधते दे हं नण
ृ ा तद् धातवो भता: ॥AP3/2
Substance which stops ageing & provides stability.

 Atharva veda- 4
 Suvarna - Harita
 Silver - Rajata
 Copper - Lohitamaya loha
 Iron - Syamamaya loha

 Yajurveda-
 Suvarna -Hiranya
 Iron -Ayasa
 Wrought Iron -Syama
 Pig Iron -Loha
 Lead -Sisa
 Tin -Trapu
In Sushruta samhita- (Su.S.38/62)
 Described under Trapvadi gana-
 lead,

 copper,

 tin,

 silver,

 black iron,

 gold.

Rasarnava Rasahrday Ayurveda Bhavaprak Sharangd RRS/RC/R

(6) atantra (8) prakasha asha (6) hara (9) PS (8)
(7)
Gold Gold Gold Gold Swarna Swarna

Silver Silver Silver Silver Rajata Rajata

Copper Copper Copper Copper Tamra Loha

Iron Iron Iron Iron Tiksna loha Naga

Lead Lead Lead Lead Naga Vanga

Tin Tin Tin Tin Vanga Pittala

Brass Zinc Pittala Kamsya

Magnetite Kamsya Varta loha

Kanta loha

 Rasarnava-
Sara loha - Gold, Silver
Sadharana loha - Iron, Copper
Puti loha - Lead, Tin

 RRS-
Shuddha loha - Gold, Silver, Iron
Puti laha - Naga, Vanga
Misra loha - Pittala, Kamsya, Varta
 Suvarna from agni (Agnivirya)
 Rajata from moon.
 Tamra from Surya(sun).
 Vanga from body of Indra.
 Lead from Vasuki naga.
 Iron from body of Yama.

 Tamra - Surya -Sun

 Rajata -Chandra -Moon
 Pittala -Magala -Mars
 Naga -Budha -Mercury
 Suvarna -Guru -Jupiter
 Vanga -Shukra -Venus
 Tiksna loha -Shani -Saturn
 Kamsya -Rahu -Neptune
 Kantaloha -Ketu -Pluto

Loha

Shuddha loha
Puti loha Misra loha

Suvarna Naga Pittala

Rajata Vanga Kamsya

Tamra Yasada Varta loaha

Loha
 Vernacular names-
 Sanskrit -Suvarna
 Hindi -Sona
 Telugu -Bangaramu
 Tamil -Tangam
 Malayalam -Pon
 Kannada -Bangara
 English -Gold
 Latin -Aurum

 Svarnam Mangalyakam
 Suvarnam Jambavam
 Dravinam Bharma
 Hiranyam Jatarupam
 Kalyanakam Champeyakam
 Kancanam Lohavarnam
 Agnivarnam Camikaram
 Hemam Rukmam
 Agnibijam Hatakam
 Kanakam Bhushanarham
 Bhringam

 Melting pt. -1064°C

 Boiling pt. -1800°C
 Atomic wt. -196.97
 Atomic no. -79
 Hardness -2.5
 Sp. Gr. -19.3g/cc
 Cleavage -none
 Streak -yellow to white
 Fracture -hackly
 Elasticity- maleable,ductile
 Considered as noble metal.
 No effect of environment.
 Gold resists attacks by individual acids,
 but it can be dissolved by the aqua regia, so
named because it dissolves gold.
 Gold also dissolves in alkaline solutions
of cyanide, which have been used in mining.
 Gold dissolves in mercury,
forming amalgam alloys.

 Native Gold (Au)

 Calaverite (AuTe2)
 Sylvenite (Au AgTe2)

 South Africa - about 50% of all gold ever

produced having come from South
Africa.(750tons/yr)
 Other major producers are the United
States, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Britain
and Peru.
 In India Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in
Karnataka.
  RRS- 5- प्राकृतं सहजं वह्ननसम्बूतं खतनसंबवभ ्
।
यसेंद्रवेधसंजातं स्वणं ऩञ्चपवधं स्भत
ृ भ्।
 Prakrita
 Sahaja
 Vahnisambhuta
 Khanisambhava (Mined)
 Rasendra veda sanjata (Alchemical)
 Rasarnava- 3
 Rasaja
 Ksetraja (Mined)
 Lohasankaraja

 फारारुणभरं ज्वरनप्रतप्तं शाणोऩरे घस ु णृ चणु स

ा भानवणाभ ् ।
नायाचचकाधत ृ भरं गुरुताभऩ
ु ेमात ् ह्स्नग्धं तदे व कणकं कचथतं
तु जात्मभ ् ॥
कोभरं यक्त पऩताबं ह्स्नग्धं शल् ु फेन्द ु वह्जातभ ् ।
गुरुचाखखरधातुभ्मो जात्मा तत्सव ु णाभत्ु तभभ ् ॥ RT 15/11

 Looks like rising sun when burnt on fire.

 Leaves saffron stain when rubbed on testing stone.
 Heavy,
 Yellowish,
 Smooth
 Devoid of Copper & Silver

र्शवेताङ्गं कठिनं रूऺं पववणं सभरं दरभ ् ।

दाहे र्शवेतालसतं र्शवेतं तनकषे रघु च व्रजेत ् ।।
-आक-२,२.१३
Gold which is
Sweta, Hard, Rough, colourless, with
impurities, in flakes & with various colours
Should not be taken for medicinal use.
 Samanya shodhana- RRS

तैरे तक्रे गवां भुत्रे नमायनारे कुरत्थजे ।

क्रभान ् तनषेचमेत ् तप्तं द्रावे द्रावे तु सप्तधा ॥
सुवणााठद रोहऩत्राणां शुपिये षां प्रशस्मते ।

Purified by heating & dipping in taila, takra,

gomutra, Aranala & Kulattha kwatha for 7
times each.

कषाप्रभाणं तु सुवणाऩत्रं शयावरुिं ऩटुधातुमुक्तभ ् ।

अङ्गायसंस्थं प्रहयाधाभानं ध्भानेन तत्स्मान्ननु
ऩूणव
ा णाभ ् ।। RRS

Made flat sheets, apply paste of Gairika&

rock salt, dry, keep in earthen plate & give
heat for 1 ½ yama.

 सुवणं ढारमेत ् ऩूवं काञ्चनायोद्भवे यसे ।

सप्तवायं तत् कभामोग्मं हे भ बवेद् ध्रुवभ ् ।।AK

 Gold is heated till red hot & dipped in

kanchanara swarasa. This procedure is
repeated for 7 times.
 कृत्वा कण्टकवेध्मातन स्वणाऩत्राखण रेऩमेत ् ।
रुंगांफुबस्भसूतेन लिमते दशलब् ऩुटै् ।। RRS

 Gold leaves applied with Rasa bhasma &

lemon juice & then subjected to 10 putas
to get bhasma.

 द्रत
ु े पवतनक्षऺऩेत्स्वणे रोहभानं भत
ृ ं यसभ ् ।
पवचूण्मा रुङ्गतोमेन दयदे न सभह्न्वतभ ् ।
जामते कंु कुभच्छामं स्वणं द्वादशलब् ऩट ु ै ् ।।
RRS
 Gold is melted & added with equal
rasabhasma/Rasa sindura- ground
alonwith lemon juice 7 equal darada-
make chakrikas-blow in puta for 12 times
to get
kumkuma coloured bhasma.
 equal Ground &
Gold Lemon
Cinnabar, subjected
leaves juice
Grinding Sulphur, to Puta till
aplied added,
done Realgar, bhasma
with equal ground &
NH4Cl form
Hg washed
added achieved

Gold
powder + Around 10
From 2nd
equal As- Dried & putas are
Make puta As is
groundwith subjected to needed for
cakrikas reduced to
Kancanara puta bhasma
¼
& Tulasi preparation.
juice

 In process, gold leaves become brittle

after first incineration & so on.
 In case of gold bhasma apunarbhavata
(non-revival of metal) does not apply
because oxygen has no effect on gold.
 Whole gold that turns into saffron coloured
bhasma can be brought back to solid gold
by blowing in furnace with borax etc.
 Study conducted by DS Agrawal & Tupe
states that-
 Gold on incineration is converted into
Swarna bhasma (gold ash), which is
characterized as globular particles of gold
with an average size of 56-57 nm.

 Gold as Au -96.76%
 Silica -1.14 %
 Iron -0.14 %
 Lime -0.546 %
 Copper -traces
 Magnesia - traces
 Phosphate - 0.781%
 Potash -0.161%
 NaCl -0.078%
 Sulphate -0.150%
 Moisture -0.244%

 Blood/mg dm-3 : (0.1-4.2)E-4

 Bone/p.p.m : 0.016
 Liver/p.p.m : 0.0004
 Muscle/p.p.m : n/a
 Daily Dietary Intake: n/a
 Total Mass In Avg. 70kg human: 0.2 mg
 Pure metallic (elemental) gold is non-toxic
and non-irritating when ingested used as a
food decoration in the form of gold leaf.
Metallic gold is approved as a food
additive.
 due to its relative chemical inertness,
resistance to being corroded or
transformed into soluble salts (gold
compounds) by any known chemical
process which would be encountered in
the human body.

 Although gold ion is toxic

 Soluble compounds (gold salts) such
as gold chloride are toxic to the liver and
kidneys.
 Common cyanide salts of gold such as
potassium gold cyanide, used in gold
electroplating, are toxic by virtue of both
their cyanide and gold content.

 Toxicity study conducted by rasayani

pharma on gold bhasma-
 Safety & toxicity data states that suvarna
bhasma has not developed toxicity even
when used in higher doses of 40mg/kg
body wt.
 फरं च वीमं हयते नयाणां योगव्रजं कोऩमतीव कामे ।
असौख्मकायं च सदै व हे भाऩक्वं सदोषं भयणं कयोतत ।।

 Loss of Power & potency, incease in disease,

ill health & death these are manifestation of
ingestion of Suvarna bhasma which is not
weell incinerated.

 एतद्भस्भ सुवणाजं कटुघत ृ ोऩेतं द्पवगंजु ोह्न्भतं रीढं

हह्न्त नणृ ां ऺमाह्ग्नसदनं र्शवासं च कासारुचचभ ्।
ओजोधातपु ववधानं फरकयं ऩाण््वाभमध्वंसनं ऩथ्मं
सवापवषाऩहं गयहयं दष्ु टग्रहण्माठदनत ु ् ।। RRS
 If 2 gunja(250mg) bhasma taken with Ghrita
 It alleviates Ksaya, diseases of digestive fire,
svasa, kasa, aruchi.
 Increases oja & dhatu
 Acts as balya, Cures anaemia,
 Vishaghna, can overcome bad effects of
Graha.

 आमर ु क्ष्
ा भीप्रबाधीस्भतृ तकयभखखरव्माचधपवध्वंलस ऩुण्मं
बतू ावे श प्रशाह्न्तस्भयबयसख
ु दं सौख्मऩह्ु ष्टप्रकालश ।
गाङ्गेमं चाथ रूप्मं गदहयभजयाकारय भेहाऩहारय
ऺीणानां ऩुह्ष्टकारय स्पुटभततकयणं वीमावपृ िप्रकारय ।।
 Improves life, brings richness of health,
improves memory & mental ability,
 Mitigates all diseases
 Alleviates bhuta invasion
 Cures diseases, Prameha
 Provides strength to body & increases
potency.
 सव ु णं फंह
ृ णं ह्स्नग्धं भधयु ं यसऩाकमो् ।
पवषदोषहयं शीतं सकषामं सततक्तकभ ् ।।
रृद्मं काह्न्तप्रदं फल्मं संयसनं गरुु रेखनभ ् ।
फुपिभेधास्भतृ तकयं व्रणघ्नं वाह्ग्वशुपिदभ ् ।। AK2/46-49

Rasa -Madhura, Kasaya, Tikta

Vipaka -Madhura
Virya -Sita
Gunas -Guru, Vishaghna,Lekhana, Balya

 Good for heart,improves glow of body.

 Gives strength to body, clears out
impurities, improves intellect & mental
abilities.
 Vranaghna- Heals wounds
 Improves clarity of speech.

ऺमोन्भादप्रशभनं चऺुष्मं च यसामनभ ् ।

त्रत्रदोषशभनं सौम्मभामुष्मं रुचचयं शुचच ।।
प्रऻावीमास्वयकयभ ् ऐर्शवमं धायणाद्भवेत ् ।। AK
 It alleviates Ksaya, Unmada
 Acts as chaksusya & Rasayana
 Improves taste perception
 Also improves mental ability, potency
 Richness of health
 with matsya pitta -In burning sensation
 With Bhringaraja -Aphrodisiac
 With milk -improves strenth
 With Pubarnava -alleviates eye
disease
 With Ghrita -Rasayana
 With Vacha -improves memory
 With Kumkuma -improves skin tone
 With milk -Rajayaksma
 With Ativisa -Vishaghna
 Sunthi,lavanga maricha -stridosa & unmada

 पवना त्रफल्वपरं चात्र सवाभन्मत ् प्रशस्मते ।

RC14/25
 Only apathya during sevana of suvarna
bhasma is Bilva-phala (fruit of Aegle
marmelos)
 Everything else can be taken.

सभायभ्माष्टभाद् बागाद् यह्क्तकामा लबषग्वय: ।

मोजमेत्तूमब
ा ागन्तु भत
ृ ं स्वणं तु कारपवत ् ॥
RT15/81
 Starting from 1/8 ratti (15mg) can be given
upto ¼ ratti (30mg).
 Siddha makaradhvaja
 Yogendra rasa
 Brhadvatachintamani rasa
 Mahamrganka rasa
 Svarna-malini vasanta
 Svasa-kasa chintamani
 Svarna parpati
 Hemagarbha pottali
 Kasturi bhairava rasa