Rasavātam

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Rasavātam (lit., the way of Mercury ) was a form of alchemy in early India. The practice was done mainly with herbs, drugs, and medicine, differing from the traditions of metallurgy of European medieval alchemy.

The most influential practitioner was Kanada who founded the Hindu school of Vaisheshikaand whose text the Vaibhashika Darshana survives to this day.

The highly poisonous metal Mercury is traditionally used in Hinduism i.e.. believers claim it is the semen of Lord Shiva. It is used to cure disease, and mixed with gold and to make gold to atomic stage, to form medicine as thangapaspam, which is used for some skin diseases, and it is also believed that thangpaspam extends human life span.


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