Description

bhasmas & pishti are basically the incinerated/calcined products of the different metals and their use in curing different ailments dates back to 2nd century in samhita period. But with the formal introduction of the rasa sastra by the siddha acharyas like nagarjun and its further elaboration by rasa vagbhatta in 8th century it became the mainstay of the clinical practice of ayurvedic physicians. In fact it is the basic ingredient of different herbo-mineral preparations that are used by the ayurvedic physicians in day to day practice. The process of the manufacturing bhasmas viz marana is preceded by the process of sodhana i.e. Purification which removes corporeal or incorporeal adulterations, detoxifies the metals, increases the fragility and potentiates the therapeutic quality. The marana i.e. Ayurvedic calcinations/ incineration converts hardness, roughness and heaviness of the metals in lightness, softness and sliminess. The process is known to disintegrate macro particles in to micro particles and make the substance inert, organic, potentiated, colloidal and ready to be digested, absorbed and assimilated in body.