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The process of dealing with Sal-ammoniac (Navasāravidhi)
(45) Take sal-ammoniac pai. 10 and lime-2 srs; grind sal-ammoniac; lay out Kali (grains) of lime under and over in an earthen pot, put salammoniac over it, (Cunā). Lay out (spread out) Koli of lime over it (Salammoniac). Next put water into an earthen pot, give water fully so that it overflows it. Put that water into the second earthen jar. After taking water of lime 3, place two earthen vessels on the oven (furnace); go on putting that water (of lime) little by little. Make fire under the earthen vessel. After heating (burning) of the whole water, Rasa (Juice = fuid) bubbles inside, take it out. That sal-ammoniac is fixed; it becomes liquid on fire. The process of Sphatika (alum) also is like this.
(46) Take the hard substance (gāṁgado) which is in samkhiā somala (oxide of arsenic), put it into a bottle, go on pouring the juice of lemon,
on stirring it up with a rod, but do like that so that the smell of boiling does not come up. Place it on a Vālukāyantra, give it fire for 12 praharas. On its getting cold, take the essence out.Mix 1 rati of the essence into 1 tola of copper and tin respectively.
(47) By grinding palo (pieces ?) of Kākasi (Sisymbrium irio ?) make big tablets. Put one tablet into an earthen crucible. Put the leaf of copper to. 5 over it, put somala (oxide of iron) leaf, put the second tablet of Kākası, heat the whole thing in an undara mūsā (upside down crucible). There will be silver.
(48) Melt tin' and pour it into the milk of Tridhārā Thohar (a kind of Euphorbia nivuiia), next if Malla (Somala) (oxide of arsenic) is put into it, there is sucess.
y heating Malla as descibed, in the aforesaid Käkido samputa, apply it with clarified butter. The sceptic ulcer goes away, if applied.
(50) Grind phūdeņi! and apply it on the ulcer, the sceptic ulrcer goes away, (if applied).
(51) There is boil on the head. it is bandaged by making bread of Phūdaļi, it is cured in seven days; all types of headache go away by the application of this process.
(52) Rub mercury with the oil of Nut (Badām). If it is applied on the face, its blackness goes away. 1. not identifiablc.
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