IRON. 47 



Prepared iron is a fine impalpable powder of a reddish grey or 

 briokdust colour. On chemical analysis it is found to be a 

 mixture of the proto and peroxide of iron. Dose, grains six 

 to twelve. 



Iron, it is said, increases strength, vigour and longevity, cures 

 all sorts of diseases and is the best of tonics. When gold and 

 silver are not available, iron is substituted for them. It is used 



in painful dyspepsia, chronic fever, phthisis, anasarca, piles, 

 enlarged spleen and lirer, anaemia, jaundice, obesity, urinary 

 diseases, diseases of the nervous system, skin diseases etc. When 

 iron is administered the following articles of diet should be 

 avoided, namely, kushmdnda (fruit of Bemncasa cerzfera), sesamum 

 oil, hulattha (pulse of Dolichos uniflorus), mustard, wines and acids. 



In chronic fever with ansemia, debility, emaciation, enlarged 

 spleen or other complications, several preparations of iron are 

 used, such as the Vrihat Sarvajvara kara lauha, Chandamdya 



lauha, etc. 



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