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Tin Bhasma
Tin ash
Vanga Bhasma (Ayurveda)
Gsha thal (Tibet)
Vanga Bhasma (Ayurveda)
Gsha thal (Tibet)
Mineralogical name:
Stannum
Parts used:
Tin oxide (ash)
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter
Classification:
Stannum
Parts used:
Tin oxide (ash)
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter
Classification:
Uses:
1. Benefits Liver, Nourishes Blood:
–disorders of Liver and Uterus
–Anemia
–improves Eyesight
–promotes Beauty
2. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
–Syphilis, Gonorrhea and other STD's
–obstinate Skin diseases
–Lymph and Pus accumulation (Tibet, Ayurveda)
–diseases caused by Evil Spirits (Tibet)
3. Strengthens Kidneys, Restrains Essence:
–obstinate urinary diseases including Diabetes
–Spermatorrhea, Seminal Emission
–helps retention of Semen
-Rejuvenating, resisting Senility and promotes Youthfulness
–Infertility
3. Clears Damp:
-used for Damp diseases
4. Benefits Lungs, Stops Cough:
–Cough, Asthma
–Consumption
5. Kills Worms:
–used for Worms, especially Tapeworm
–(Tin oxide has been used for this purpose in the West)
4. Externally:
–Dies the Hair
Dose:
60–125mg (up to 250mg), taken with Honey, Cream or Buttermilk
Vehicles for Tin:
-with Camphor for Bad Breath
-with Nutmeg as a nutritive tonic, and to retain the semen
-for Spermatorrhea, with Nutmeg and Ghee.
-for diseases of the Semen, with juice of Sacred Basil leaves
-to increase Semen, with Betel leaf juice
-with Achyranthes aspera in Impotency, Debility or hunch-back
-with Honey, Tumeric and root juice of Bombax malabaricum for Diabetes.
-with Ghee for Anemia
-also with Ghee for Jaundice
-with Borax for Abdominal Masses
-with Tumeric for acidity with biliousness; and for Asthma
-with Copper Bhasma for Asthma
-with Butter for decay of the Bones
-with Musk or Garlic juice for Wind diseases
-also with Musk as an Aphrodisiac
-with juice of Acacia catechu for skin diseases
-to increase penis size, with Cloves and Betel leaf juice
-taken with the Milk of an Ass to conceive a Male child
-with Goats Milk in Dropsy
-with Nutmeg and Withania in Sciatica.
Substitute:
Purification of Tin:
1. Tin is smelted in a laddle on fire, then dipped into Lime Water in an earthen vessel. This is repeated 7 times.
2. Thin leaves of Tin are boiled for 1 and a half hours in Dola Yantra with Lime Water.
3. Tin may first be processed as the general method for preparation of Metals (see under Gold Bhasma).
i. After this general purification, it is heated in an Iron pan until it melts, then some Tumeric powder is added. Into another narrow-mouthed vessel Lime Water is put, and the mouth of this vessel is covered with cloth. The molten Tin is poured through the cloth and into the Lime Water. (The cloth is used to prevent molten Tin from splashing out and injuring the manufacturer. Also, the vessel is liable to break. Therefore, great care is necessary, and a suitable metal vessel is to be used.) This process is repeated 7 times.
ii. "After purifying tin with general purification method it should also be purified with specific purification method. For this molten tin should be poured in a nirgundl (Vitex negundo) juice containing haridra (Curcuma longa) powder. By repeating the process three times, khurakavanga certainly becomes purified." (Rasamritam)
4. Melt by adding a pinch of Ammonium Chloride, and pour in the Oil of Bassia latifolia 7 times. (Siddha)
5. Tin is melted 3 times, being immersed each time in the juice of Vitex negundo which is mixed with Turmeric powder; then it is purified. Some recommend applying this method after the general method for purifying Metals (see above).
Preparation of Bhasma:
1. Bhasma of Tin (1)
Purified Tin is smelted in an Iron pan, then Achyranthes aspera powder (a quarter the quantity of the Tin) is mixed with it, adding small amounts at a time, and stirred with an Iron rod. When it becomes ash-like, it is covered with a saucer and heated for a day (one version just said to heat until the Iron pan is red hot). Thus a white Bhasma of Tin is formed. This should be well washed with water to eliminate the Alkali from the Achyranthes.
A similar version also used Asparagus racemosa is the preparation of Tin Bhasma.
This same method can be used to prepare the Bhasma of Lead and Zinc, but in the preparing of Lead, a different powder is used in place of the Achyranthes.
2. Bhasma of Tin (2)
There is another version of the preceeding Bhasma which involves a little more processing. Using the end product of the preceeding Bhasma (the White Ash, before it is washed) is triturated with the juice of Aloe barbadensis for a day. Cakes are formed, dried, put in clay pans, sealed, then subjected to Gaja Puta. This is repeated 7 times.
3. Bhasma of Tin (3)
Purified Tin leaves are smeared with Orpiment made into a paste with the juice of Butea monosperma, then subjected to Gaja Puta.
4. Bhasma from Siddha Medicine:
Purified Tin, 9 drams
Draw it into thin plates (the thickness of a Tamarind leaf), and cut into small pieces with scissors; mix with 72 drams of coarsely bruised Pepper, and spread over a piece of rough linen about one foot by 6 inches to the thickness of the linen itself. If there is surplus, another piece of linen the same size is spread over this powder and the remaining powder spread over it. Roll it into a rod and tie the ends and middle in 4 or 5 places and set fire to the 2 ends. Keep this in a corner of the building where there is no breeze. The next day all will be turned to ashes and cool. The burnt linen is removed and the ashes are collected from which the Flowers of Tin are separated. Powder and store.
In modern practice, Tin is commonly prepared by melting and pouring into Lime water 7 times. Modern furnaces are used, the optimal temperature of 700˚C for 1 hour each time it is burned. In traditional Putum heating, temperature reaches 860–980˚C, with a temperature of over 800˚C being maintained for over 40 minutes.
60–125mg (up to 250mg), taken with Honey, Cream or Buttermilk
Vehicles for Tin:
-with Camphor for Bad Breath
-with Nutmeg as a nutritive tonic, and to retain the semen
-for Spermatorrhea, with Nutmeg and Ghee.
-for diseases of the Semen, with juice of Sacred Basil leaves
-to increase Semen, with Betel leaf juice
-with Achyranthes aspera in Impotency, Debility or hunch-back
-with Honey, Tumeric and root juice of Bombax malabaricum for Diabetes.
-with Ghee for Anemia
-also with Ghee for Jaundice
-with Borax for Abdominal Masses
-with Tumeric for acidity with biliousness; and for Asthma
-with Copper Bhasma for Asthma
-with Butter for decay of the Bones
-with Musk or Garlic juice for Wind diseases
-also with Musk as an Aphrodisiac
-with juice of Acacia catechu for skin diseases
-to increase penis size, with Cloves and Betel leaf juice
-taken with the Milk of an Ass to conceive a Male child
-with Goats Milk in Dropsy
-with Nutmeg and Withania in Sciatica.
Substitute:
Purification of Tin:
1. Tin is smelted in a laddle on fire, then dipped into Lime Water in an earthen vessel. This is repeated 7 times.
2. Thin leaves of Tin are boiled for 1 and a half hours in Dola Yantra with Lime Water.
3. Tin may first be processed as the general method for preparation of Metals (see under Gold Bhasma).
i. After this general purification, it is heated in an Iron pan until it melts, then some Tumeric powder is added. Into another narrow-mouthed vessel Lime Water is put, and the mouth of this vessel is covered with cloth. The molten Tin is poured through the cloth and into the Lime Water. (The cloth is used to prevent molten Tin from splashing out and injuring the manufacturer. Also, the vessel is liable to break. Therefore, great care is necessary, and a suitable metal vessel is to be used.) This process is repeated 7 times.
ii. "After purifying tin with general purification method it should also be purified with specific purification method. For this molten tin should be poured in a nirgundl (Vitex negundo) juice containing haridra (Curcuma longa) powder. By repeating the process three times, khurakavanga certainly becomes purified." (Rasamritam)
4. Melt by adding a pinch of Ammonium Chloride, and pour in the Oil of Bassia latifolia 7 times. (Siddha)
5. Tin is melted 3 times, being immersed each time in the juice of Vitex negundo which is mixed with Turmeric powder; then it is purified. Some recommend applying this method after the general method for purifying Metals (see above).
Preparation of Bhasma:
1. Bhasma of Tin (1)
Purified Tin is smelted in an Iron pan, then Achyranthes aspera powder (a quarter the quantity of the Tin) is mixed with it, adding small amounts at a time, and stirred with an Iron rod. When it becomes ash-like, it is covered with a saucer and heated for a day (one version just said to heat until the Iron pan is red hot). Thus a white Bhasma of Tin is formed. This should be well washed with water to eliminate the Alkali from the Achyranthes.
A similar version also used Asparagus racemosa is the preparation of Tin Bhasma.
This same method can be used to prepare the Bhasma of Lead and Zinc, but in the preparing of Lead, a different powder is used in place of the Achyranthes.
2. Bhasma of Tin (2)
There is another version of the preceeding Bhasma which involves a little more processing. Using the end product of the preceeding Bhasma (the White Ash, before it is washed) is triturated with the juice of Aloe barbadensis for a day. Cakes are formed, dried, put in clay pans, sealed, then subjected to Gaja Puta. This is repeated 7 times.
3. Bhasma of Tin (3)
Purified Tin leaves are smeared with Orpiment made into a paste with the juice of Butea monosperma, then subjected to Gaja Puta.
4. Bhasma from Siddha Medicine:
Purified Tin, 9 drams
Draw it into thin plates (the thickness of a Tamarind leaf), and cut into small pieces with scissors; mix with 72 drams of coarsely bruised Pepper, and spread over a piece of rough linen about one foot by 6 inches to the thickness of the linen itself. If there is surplus, another piece of linen the same size is spread over this powder and the remaining powder spread over it. Roll it into a rod and tie the ends and middle in 4 or 5 places and set fire to the 2 ends. Keep this in a corner of the building where there is no breeze. The next day all will be turned to ashes and cool. The burnt linen is removed and the ashes are collected from which the Flowers of Tin are separated. Powder and store.
In modern practice, Tin is commonly prepared by melting and pouring into Lime water 7 times. Modern furnaces are used, the optimal temperature of 700˚C for 1 hour each time it is burned. In traditional Putum heating, temperature reaches 860–980˚C, with a temperature of over 800˚C being maintained for over 40 minutes.
Main Combinations:
1. To strengthen the Kidneys, Bhasmas of Tin, Lead and Zinc (equal parts). This is used for Diabetes mellitus, Nocturnal emission, premature Ejaculation and Leukorrhea and all Sexual disorders
Major Formulas:
Great Cold Compound Precious Black Pill (Tibetan)
Great Precious Hot Compound (Rin chen tsha sbyor chen mo)
Precious Wish Fulfilling Jewel (Rin chen ratna bsam 'phel)
Cautions:
None noted
Toxicity:
–TOXICITY STUDIES ON VANGA BHASMA (Part I - with special reference to G. I. T. Liver and Pancreas).
1. The toxic dose of Tin is 4.8-7.1mg per kg of body weight.
2. Stannic Sulphide did not show any signs of toxicity at doses of 12.5–25mg per 100 grams of body weight in albino rats. However, at doses of 50–100mg per 100 grams of body weight, mild signs of toxicity were seen. This indicates the safety of Tin Sulphide in therapeutic doses. Toxic effects reversed with cessation of the drug.
Main Preparations used:
None noted
Toxicity:
–TOXICITY STUDIES ON VANGA BHASMA (Part I - with special reference to G. I. T. Liver and Pancreas).
1. The toxic dose of Tin is 4.8-7.1mg per kg of body weight.
2. Stannic Sulphide did not show any signs of toxicity at doses of 12.5–25mg per 100 grams of body weight in albino rats. However, at doses of 50–100mg per 100 grams of body weight, mild signs of toxicity were seen. This indicates the safety of Tin Sulphide in therapeutic doses. Toxic effects reversed with cessation of the drug.
Main Preparations used:
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