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In Ayurvedic medicine rasaśāstra (रसशास्त्र), refers to processes by which various metals, minerals and other substances, including most notably mercury, are purified and combined with herbs in an attempt to treat illnesses.[1][2] Rasaśāstra is a pharmaceutical branch of Indian system of medicine and a genre of literature[3] which mainly deals with the metals, minerals, product of animal origin, toxic herbs and their use in therapeutics.[4]
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