Silver: Benefits, Uses & Dosage

Test for quality: येना भव ृ टममलं शा य नं राजते ि थतम ् अि ल नम ववण च त पेयं गा गम ् Only that rain water which makes the boiled rice kept in a clean silver plate neither too moist nor change its color is to considered as good for drinking.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Drava Vigyaniya Drinkables

7-8 Bastinetra enema nozzleतथो तु ने ं हे मा दधातुदावाि थवेणुजम ् गोपु छाकारमि छ ं ल णजु गु लकामूखम ् Enema nozzle should be made from metals like gold, silver, wood, bone or bamboo;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Vasti Vidhi Enema

It should be made of gold, silver etc metals, it should be smooth, resembling the stalk of flowers such as Kunda, Ashvamara and sumanas.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Vasti Vidhi Enema

5-6 Dhuma yantra- smoking apparatus बि तने सम यं कोशं कारये त ् ऋजु मूला ेअ गु ठकोलाि थ वेशं धुमने कम ् The smoke apparatus should be prepared from the same material as of enema nozzle (from metals like gold, silver, iron etc);

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Dhumpana Medicated Smoking

सुवण था यजा च सादने For Prasadana, Shalaka of gold and silver is used.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Aschotana Anjana Vidhi

A woman desirous of having a male child with large limbs, fair complexion, with eyes like those of a lion (full of vigor), pure, and with good mental disposition should, after her menstrual period, first take a purificatory bath, then be given a light porridge of well cleaned white barley grains duly sweetened by adding honey and ghee, diluted in the milk of a white cow having a white calf, in a utensil made of silver or bronze, regularly in the morning and evening for a week.

— Charaka Samhita, Sharira Sthana — Human Body & Embryology, Chapter 8: Guidelines for Lineage (Jatisutriya Sharira / जातिसूत्रीय शरीर)

Similarly, on the event of pushya nakshatra, she should drink handful of curd milk or water, without leaving any leftover, duly immersed with red hot miniature male statuettes made of gold, silver or and iron.

— Charaka Samhita, Sharira Sthana — Human Body & Embryology, Chapter 8: Guidelines for Lineage (Jatisutriya Sharira / जातिसूत्रीय शरीर)

In addition to the above, the following items too should be kept available there – two grinding stones, two small pestles, two mortars, one untamed bull, two gold and silver cases for keeping needles, various surgical instruments that are sharp and prepared of metals, two bedsteads made of bilva (Aeglemarmelos Corr.

— Charaka Samhita, Sharira Sthana — Human Body & Embryology, Chapter 8: Guidelines for Lineage (Jatisutriya Sharira / जातिसूत्रीय शरीर)

Tapyadi yoga – Tapya, shilajatu, silver, mandura in the amount of five pala each should be added to one pala each of chitraka, haritaki, bibhitaka, amalaki, sunthi, pippali, maricha and vidanga;

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 16: Anemia Treatment (Pandu Chikitsa / पाण्डुचिकित्सा)

five parts each of shilajatu, raupya mala (silver), purified makshika and lauha bhasma;

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 16: Anemia Treatment (Pandu Chikitsa / पाण्डुचिकित्सा)

The method of purifying metals (Dhatu Shodhana Vidhi): Heat the metal sheets of Svarna (gold), Tara (silver), Tamra (copper), and Ayas/Loha (iron) until red-hot.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 11: Dhatushodhana-Marana (Purification and Calcination of Metals)

Verses 10 through 104 describe detailed procedures for the purification (Shodhana) and calcination (Marana) of various metals, minerals, and gems including: Rajata (silver), Tamra (copper), Lauha/Ayas (iron), Naga (lead), Vanga (tin), Yashada (zinc), Mandura (iron oxide/rust), Kamsya (bell-metal), Pittala (brass), Makshika (iron/copper pyrite), Vimala, Tuttha (copper sulphate), Kasisa (green vitriol/iron sulphate), Shilajatu (mineral pitch), Srotanjana, Sphatika (alum), Tankana (borax), Abhraka

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 11: Dhatushodhana-Marana (Purification and Calcination of Metals)

Tara/Rajata (silver) by Chandra (Moon);

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Madhyama Khanda, Chapter 12: Rasadishodhana-Maranakalpana (Mercury and Rasa Preparations)

The Nasya should be warm, in an unbroken stream, using gold, silver, or shell vessels, or through cloth.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Uttara Khanda, Chapter 8: Nasya Vidhi (Nasal Therapy)

Earthen (mineral) substances include: gold (suvarna), silver (rajata), gems (mani), pearls (mukta), realgar (manah-shila), clay (mrit), and pot-shards (kapala), etc.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 1: Vedotpatti Adhyaya - Origin of Ayurveda

Vaidurya (cat's-eye gem), sphatika (crystal), vidruma (coral), mukta (pearl), silver, and gold — finely powdered with sugar and camphor — this anjana quickly destroys shuktika.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 10: Pittabhishyanda Pratishedha Adhyaya (Chapter on Treatment of Pitta-type Conjunctivitis)

The applicator rods (shalaka) should be made of gold, silver, conch shell, copper, lapis lazuli, bronze, or iron — to be used in that order.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 18: Chapter 18

Audumbara (copper), shatakumbha (gold), and rajata (silver) — eleven parts in total.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 18: Chapter 18

The Trapvadi Gana consists of: tin (trapu), lead (sisa), copper (tamra), silver (rajata), gold (suvarna), iron (krishnaloha), and metallic slag (verse 62).

— Sushruta Samhita, Sutra Sthana, Chapter 38: Dravyasangrahaniya Adhyaya - On the Collection of Drugs