Abstract

A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF KAJJALI – THE PRIME AND BASIC COMPOUND OF RASA SHASTRA

Sharad Chandra*, Kamleshwar Singh Karbhal and Alka Bhagat

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Abstract

Ayurveda is an ancient science of health which deals not only with the treatment but also it gives us a way of life. Rasa Shastra is a branch of Ayurveda with its specific Herbo-mineral preparations. Kajjali is a basic preparation of Rasa Shastra and also used as a raw drug of various Rasashstriya Kalpanas. Kajjali is a compound of Parada and Gandhaka, also known as black sulphide of mercury in modern. Kajjali is non-toxic in therapeutic doses and stable compound form and its therapeutic efficacy increases as the quantity of Gandhaka increases in it. Many Rasashastriya procedures like -Jarana, Murchana etc. also increases its efficacy. Kajjali also increases therapeutic efficacy of various herbal drugs by trituration.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Rasa Shastra, Kajjali, therapeutic efficacy, Gandhaka Jarana.