Mandura or lohakitta is a mineral drug utilized in Ayurveda only after proper pharmaceutical processing for the management of Pandu, Pliharoga, Kamala etc.

1. MANDURA

2. SWARUPA
➢ When iron is heated red hot and hit with heavy hammers in the factories and in blacksmith’s
workshop, the rust at the surface of the iron falls off to the ground.
➢ After few years, this rust is obtained as solidified iron-rust and is identified as ‘loha mala’ or
‘mandura’.
➢ Chemically it is iron oxide (Fe2O3)
(RT)

3. SYNONYMS
➢ Kitta
➢ Lohabhava
➢ Lohakitta
➢ Lohamala
➢ Lohocchishta

4. GRAHYATWA
➢ Adhama – 60 yrs old
➢ Madhyama – 70 yrs old
➢ Sarvasreshta – 100 yrs old
(RT)

5. CHARACTERISTICS OF BEST MANDURA
➢ Smoothness
➢ Heaviness
➢ Hard
➢ Black and solid with no holes inside
(RT)

6. MANDURA SODHANA
➢ Nirvapa in gomutra for 7 times in which mandura is made red hot over the intense fire
produced by the vibhithaka kashta or over the glowing charcoal of same plant (RT)
➢ Mandura is heated repeatedly and dipped into the triphala kwatha prepared in gomutra
until the entire mandura turns into powder (RRS)

7. MANDURA MARANA (RT)
Fine powder of mandura is triturated in triphala kwatha/loha marakagana dravya
Prepare chakrikas out of it
Sarava samputa
30 gajaputas
Raktha chandanaprabha yukta bhasma

8. PROPERTIES OF BHASMA
(RT)

9. BHASMA MATRA
(RT)
¼ ratti – 2 ratti

10. AMAYIKA PRAYOGAS
VYADHI ANUPANA
Sopha Punarnavashtaka kwatha
Kamala Katuki churna+ Triphala churna + Nisha churna
Krimi, Sopha, Arsas,
Grahani, Pleeha, Pandu
Vidanga churna + Triphala churna + Panchakola churna + Musta churna
Rakthavridhikara Rasasindoora
Sasotha sajwara
saatisara pandu
Dasamula Kashaya

11. YOGAS
➢ Mandura vataka
➢ Punarnavadi mandura
➢ Tryushnadi mandura

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