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Panchsoot Ras (Method 1)

PREPARATION

Shudh(purified) Parad 2 Tola, Shudh Gandhak 2 Tola are blended together to form Kajjali(see glossary). Shudh Hingul 4 Tola, Ras-Karpoor 4 Tola,Ras-Sindoor 3 Tola and Mal 1 Tola are mixed with Kajjali and blended with Dugdhika Swaras (juice). The mixture is then rolled into a cake, dried and transferred to a Kaach-Kupi(glass flask, see glossary). The Kaach-Kupi is layered 7 times with cloth plastered with wet-mud/clay and the Kaach-Kupi is cooked in Valuka-Yantra(see glossary) for 1.5 days. On cooling the Kaach-Kupi is broken and Panchsoot which gets accumlated at the Kaach-Kupi neck is collected. Panchsoot is then crushed in a flat surfaced stone vessel into fine powder which is stored.

Panchsoot Ras (Method 1) - Ingredient Details

NOTE

  • Mal (white variety, Shankh-Mal) must be used in the above preparation

  • Kajjali prepared in the above formulation must adhere or comply with the Kajjali preparation description and standards as mentioned in various Ayurveda treatise.(see glossary)

  • 1 Tola approx. 11gms