Is there any method by which mercury can be purified for consumption.?!

Is there any method by which mercury can be purified for consumption.?

Metals and heavy metals like iron, mercury, zinc, gold, silver, platinum etc. have traditionally been used in ayurvedic formulations for THOUSANDS of years.

However, as correctly asked by you, such metals need to undergo a process after which, they become therapeutically safe and effective.

Ayurveda uses many metals in therapeutics. It includes certain Shodhan (purification or detoxification) processes to take care of putative toxicity of such heavy metals. Such traditional metal preparations (generally called Bhasma) must have the following properties:
they should be ultra-fine particles that float on water and one should be unable to recover the metal back from such preparations.

A traditional process called Nirutha indicates that there should be no elemental forms of metal in the final formulation. Such descriptions in traditional knowledge support the hypotheses that although heavy metals are used in Bhasma preparations, the known toxic forms may not remain in the final formulation that qualifies their use for therapeutic purposes.

It should be noted that most of the traditional methods for preparation of Bhasma are tedious. Mass scale commercial production may compromise these processes that may adversely affect quality and safety.

We should very concerned about preserving the great ayurvedic traditions and also preventing it from being denigrated or impeached by multinational pharma companies. At the same time we should also be aware of the real truths.

Yes, there are some companies out to make a quick buck riding on the "ayurveda" bandwagon. But, theere also are companies that make these medications as prescribed in the great texts of the rishis.

Here's a very interesting article on mercury
http://www.boloji.com/ayurveda/av053.htm...

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