Part 8 - Uses of Diamond

First method.

The diamond, thus prepared and powdered, should be mixed with a little of borax, kharasatva (see page 154), twenty times in weight of the diamond, and incinerated gold, equal in quantity to the diamond,—all these are to be rubbed together and heated. The product may be used in medicines.

Second method.

Incinerated diamond, rubbed with three times its weight of mercury, and made into a pill, strengthens even a tottering tooth and makes it steady.

Third method.

Thirty parts of incinerated diamond, four parts of gold, eight parts of silver, eleven parts of white shankhi, four parts of mica, eight parts of svarna-makshika, and six parts of vaikranta—all these are to be mixed together and used with mercury for the enhancement of its properties by six times.

Fourth method.

Ashes of diamond, with half its quantity of incinerated mercury, ashes of the essence of mica, equal in quantity to both,—all these are to be rubbed together and taken in doses of one rakti a day with honey and clarified butter. It cures all the diseases. It is a great rasayana.