Ayurvediya Rasa Shastra (आयुर्वेदीय रसशास्त्र)
In Ayurvedic medicine, the compilation of traditional ancient Indian medicine practice is in rasa shastra, which details processes by which various metals, minerals, and other substances, including mercury, are purified and combined with herbs in an attempt to treat illnesses. Its methods correspond to the alchemy familiar in the Mediterranean and Western European worlds. Rasasastra is a pharmaceutical branch of Indian system of medicine which mainly deals with the metals, minerals, animal origin product, toxic herbs and their use in therapeutics.
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