Vanga in Ayurvedic Literature
L. N. Gupta and Neeraj Kumar
Department of Rasa Shastra, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005 India.
Abstract:
Therapeutic importance of bhasmas of metals and minerals are time tasted. It is very important to look over the history, to make available the evidences for the use of metals and minerals in therapeutics and to provide the knowledge of processing techniques in ancient India. Rasa Shastra, the branch of Ayurvedic science that deals with the pharmaceutical processing of metals and minerals. Vanga is one of the most important metals described in various ancient Ayurvedic literatures. The literatures reveals regarding different features, geological distributions and various processing techniques i.e. shodhana, jarana and marana. The efforts have been made to collect and compile all the related material in relation to Vanga from all possible ancient literary resources.
Keywords:Vanga; Shodhana; Jaran; Marana; Bhasma
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