4. Hardness-3.5
Sp.gravity-5.63
Alteration-the black tarnish which results from
exposure is a mixture of arsenic & arsenolite.
Occurrence & mineral association-In
hydrothermal veins.Associated minerals
include ores of silver,cobalt& nickel,arsenolite
,realgar etc
5. •Second mineral drug of Sadharana rassa.
•Included by Acharya Susrutha in Dhatu visha along
with Harithala
•Identified as White arsenic or vitreous in english
•Chemically Arseneous Trioxide.
MEDICAL UTILITY
•Used to treat cancer and other condition. Induce
apoptosis of cancer cells.
•Trisenox – to treat leukemia.
•Used in auto immune diseases.
Enzyme thio-redoxin reductase is the target for arsenic.
6. OCCURRENCE
•Ores are found in European countries and parts of
China.
•In India it is found in Bihar and Kashmir along with
Iron pyrites .
7. Hindi – Mall,Somal,Sankhiya
Telungu – Pashanam
Tamil,Mal – Pashaanam
Kannada – Pasana
English – Vitreous arsenic / Rat poison
Latin – Arsenic oxide
17. In a wide mouthed clean mud pot , spread surya
kshara 2 pala(96g).
Ivory powder( hasti danta churna) spread on it and
that is heated till the fumes are exhausted(moisture
free) and the mixture is powdered.
2 tola(24 g ) of this powder is taken in a small crucible
and 1 tola(12g) of shudda Gouripashna is added over it
folloed by baddition of 2 tola of the above powder.
Sharava samputa and one lavaka puta done.
Collect white mallabhasma with same properties as of
shudda gauripashana
[R.T 11/171-176]
18. Method 2
Shud Gauripashan(10g) + Lajavanthi kalka -> sharava
samputa -> marana using 1kg of upala when dried
Other methods
• Snihi ksheera bhavana & marana using snuhi bhasma.
•Arka ksheera bhavan and marana using arka bhasma.
•Mixed with harithala and bhavana in kumari swarasa
nad nakachikni swarasa 14 times and marana usind
ashwatha vriksha bhasma.
20. आरभ्य दशमांशातु सषिपस्य प्रयत्नत
रुतीयभागपयिन्तम ् मारां मल्लस्य योजयेत ्
[R.T]
1/10 Sarshapa-1/3 sarshapa
1/120 ratti-1/30 ratti [1-4 mg] according to the
strenght of the patient.
21. Malla is first grounded with ardraka swarasa
added with maricha choorna in 1:100 ratio
Mixing done thoroughly &pills of 100mg size
in which 1 mg pashana comes in each pill.
Fatal dose is 1 ratti
23. With vasa satwa & kantakaarichoorna-
Swasa
With guduchi &arkamoolachoorna-
slipadajwara
With sunti &punarnava choorna-
vatarakta
With lohabhasma & rasa sindoora-
rajayakshma
24. Arsenic trioxide can be generated via many routine
processing of arsenic compounds including the
oxidation (combustion) of arsenic and arsenic-
containing minerals in air
Large scale applications include its use as a
precursor to forestry products, in colorless glass
production, and in electronics. Being the main
compound of arsenic, the trioxide is the precursor
to elemental arsenic, arsenic alloys, and arsenide
semiconductors. Organoarsenic compounds, e.g.
feed additives (Roxarsone) and pharmaceuticals
(Neosalvarsan), are derived from arsenic trioxide