CLASSICAL ADVOCATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOLD IN AYURVEDA
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https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v2i3.163Keywords:
Swarna, Swarnaprashana, Swarna rasayana, , Makaradhwaja, Rasashastra, , AyurvedaAbstract
Metals have been an important group of drugs inAyurvedic medical system. Gold, the noble metal has been
used in Ayurveda since more than 3000 yrs and references pertaining to its therapeutic use can be foundin
the ancient classics like Charaka samhita, Sushruta samhita, Kashyapa samhita etc. Gold is possessed with
properties like medhya (intelligence enhancer), vrishya (aphrodiasiac), and rasayana (rejuvenation) etc. It is
used as an independent therapeutic agent and also as part of variousforms of compound formulationslike
Swarnabhasma, Vasantakusumakararasa, Swarnaparpati, Makaradwaja and Hemagarbha pottalietc.
Swarnaprashana, an administration of gold to infants and children is one of popular usages of gold
nowadays in India. In the present paper, an attempt has been made to summarize advocations for
administration of gold by different Ayurvedic classics.
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