Paashanam - arsenics
Paashanam is one among the important materials for the siddha medicine. When we listen to the word paashanam, the next thing that strikes our mind is the lord who rules the Pazhani mountain, Dhandayuthapaani and Bogar who created him. We have heard that Bogar has made the idol by combining the nine types of paashanams. This post is mainly about the paashanam only.
The Siththars have used these paashanams as an important raw material in their siddha medicine. This has been used in the alchemy also. It is in solid form like metals and has got the poisonous nature of the poison. This paashanam is a general name only, there are many types in it.
These paashanams are poisonous in nature, hence it may lead to death on consuming them. But the Siththars in those days itself has changed its nature and used them as medicines. You might remember about the allopathy method that has converted the snake's poison as medicine after spending a lot of money. This is also a wonder among the many wonders that Siththarss made to the world.
We might have heard many exaggerations about the paashanam. There are many questions and doubts about this that from where these exaggerations arose. Bogar has very clearly told about the paashanam in the book "Bogar 12000". Bogar has classified these paashanams mainly into two categories. They are "Piravi paashanam" and "Vaippu paashanam".
The Piravi paashanam are found in nature only. But the Vaippu paashanam are formed as a result of combining many kinds of metals. There are many other paashanams present under these two categories.
In the next post we shall see about the Piravi paashanam and their types.
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