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2. Raskarpoora is a Nirgandha type of Murchhana.
Raskarpoora name is firstly mentioned in
Rasendra Chintamani 14th century AD
Rasa means Parada
As it has the capacity to dissolve or absorb all the metal in it.
It can overcome old age, disease and death.
Karpura means –
A substance which is white in colour.
A substance with particular smell.
Thereafter about 38 references are found
in various Rasa classics.
Raskarpoora is also included in schedule E1 of Drug and
Cosmetic Act, 1940 2
Introduction

3. CONCEPTUAL STUDY
Raskarpoora a non- sulphuric mercurial preparation is
renowned for its therapeutic efficacy.
Prior to the dawn of the antibiotics, the people were used
to be cured of their infectious diseases with this
matchless remedy.
The preparation of Raskarpoora in a classical method is
quite laborious and at times, the yield is also not
proportionate.
with the advent of the Rasatarangini version of
Raskarpoora preparation it almost become easy to
prepare this drug. Looking at the fungicidal and
bactericidal properties of Raskarpoora, it is evident
that it could be used as panacea in many a number
of infectious disease. 3

4. DRUG REVIEW
 Thus it was necessitated to manufacture
Raskarpoora in a larger scale.
Among those centers kondapalli is
considered to be very famous with an
output of almost about 30kgs of
Raskarpoora in each batch.
The present paper deals with the complete
details of manufacturing technique of
Raskarpoora at kondapalli.
There are about 2 units which are active in
this field, both of them follow the
same type of method from
manufacturing the glass bottle too.
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5. The preparation of Raskarpoora.
Mercury in 34.5 kgs.of
weight Is added to
H2SO4. 20 letters in
wide porcelain vessel
and boiled on the
hearth.
During the process thick
white fumes come
out from the
mixture,
periodicallyit is
stirred with an iron
ladel. 5

6. When the complete
mixture becomes white
powder and fumes stop
coming-out, It is taken
out and then preserved
This process is done
outside the village to
avoid the fumes being
inhaled by the people.
Those involved in
manufacturing process
also seen taking care by
escaping from such
fumes.
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7. STEP-2
This mixture is taken to
the manufacturing unit
and then added with
equal quantity of powder
of common salt [NaCl2]
and kept in wide iron
casseroles. They are again
closed with other earthen
casseroles of same
dimension and coating of
both side done with red
soft soil. This is then
subjected to heat for 4
hours.
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8. On cooling down
the casseroles
seal is open and
the mixture
which is white in
colour is taken
out and make it
powder to fill
glass bottles for
third (final) stage
of drug
preparation.
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9. glass bottles
preparation
Glass pieces are
heated for24 hours
then liquid ready
, with the help of
hallow pipe
making the thin
spherical glass
jars, having narrow
opening. specially
for this drug
preparation. These
glass bottles are
coated with red soil
and leave to dry. 9

10. White powder
filled carefully
through the
thin opening of
these
bottles, are
sealed with
mud paste and
3-4 such bottles
are kept in
wide earthren
vessels amidst
pebbles. 10

11. Later these are
subjected to heat for
3 hours on hearth
with the help of
firewood, one of
three bottles is taken
out and examined
for proper formation
of Raskarpoora film.
By obtaining the
siddha lakshna, all
bottles are taken out
and left for cooling
down.
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12. Later they are
broke open and
the Raskarpoora
is collect
carefully. The
outcome could be
almost equal to
the weight of
mercury
taken, which is
considered a
good sign of
successful
manufacturing.
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