about mercury oxide? ancient preparations? (Dr Bhat)

[Guest guest]

Dr Bhat, Is mercury a default ingredient in all Ayurveda "anti

epileptic" medicines? Or can it be prepared without mercury? If so,

would the absence of mercury affect the effectiveness of the

medicine?

 

And can you please share your input on a current theory that

says "mercury causes autism" in young children?

http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/thimerosal.php

 

Thanks & regards,

Amrutha

amrutha_naveen

 

 

 

ayurveda, "Shirish Bhate"

<shirishbhate wrote:

>

> mercurial preparations that have been used in Ayurveda on a large

> scale but have not been discontinued on the fear of their

> unpopularity (as they are metals and the fear of ingesting

metals).

> The reasons are explained in the links

>

> ayurveda/message/1389

>

> ayurveda/message/2837

>

> Even Ras-sindur about which you have asked in another post is a

> similar preparation. Siddha Vaidyas use many medicines made from

> Mercury+sulphur. A medicine for liver ascites (Jalodar), which is

not

> avaialble in market is effective when made from Mercury and

sulphur.

> Smruti Sagar Ras is an anti-epileptic medicine, where basic

> ingredient is once again mercury+sulphur. It can be bought

anywhere

> in Pune/Mumbai, Unjha pharmacy makes it.

>

> ayurveda, "Raja Gursahani"

> <rajagursahani@> wrote:

> >

> > I am looking for anybody with knowledge of these ancient

mercurial

> > preparations that have been used in Ayurveda however have been

> discontinued

> > due to their unpopularity as they are metals and the fear of

> ingesting

> > metals.

>