Chapter 5 Mercury Tonics (Rasāyana) in Sanskrit Medical Literature

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Wujastyk, Dagmar
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European Research Council (ERC)
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English
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Abstract
This chapter will provide a brief survey of the uses of mercury preparations in rasāyana therapy, discussing their position within rejuvenation therapy in regard to other rasāyana formulations and exploring their link with Indian alchemical traditions.
Book
Soulless Matter, Seats of Energy
URI
http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29633
Keywords
History; Indian medicine; therapy; Alchemy; Ayurveda; Charaka Samhita; Copper; Humorism; Iron; Mercury (element); Sanskrit; Sulfur
ISBN
9781781791288; 9781781791295; 9781781794364; 9781781794371
OCN
1051778878
Publisher
Equinox
Publisher website
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/books/
Publication date and place
2016
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Classification
History
Medicine and Nursing
Pages
21
Public remark
Relevant Wikipedia pages: Alchemy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy; Ayurveda - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda; Charaka Samhita - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charaka_Samhita; Copper - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper; Humorism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism; Iron - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron; Mercury (element) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element); Sanskrit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit; Sulfur - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur; 3-8-2020 - No DOI registered in CrossRef for ISBN 9781781791288
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/