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Rasajalanidhi,<ref name=":8" /> describes the Doshas of iron as follows
 
Rasajalanidhi,<ref name=":8" /> describes the Doshas of iron as follows
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लौहस्य स्वाभाविकदोषाः ।
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गुरुता दृढ़ता क्लेदः कश्मलं दाहकारिता । अश्मदोषो मलग्रहो दोषाः सप्तायसस्य तु ॥
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शोधितव्यमतस्तद्धि मारणीयं यथाविधि । अशोधितममारितं लौहं ज्ञेयं महाविषम् ॥
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The following are the seven blemishes of iron :- heaviness, hardness, mixture with foreign matters, power of causing hysteria, power of causing inflammation, evil characteristics of stone, and power of causing constipation. Iron should be properly purified and incinerated, if not done so it is equal to great poison.<ref name=":8" />
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द्रुष्टलौहसेवनस्य फलम् ।
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षण्डत्वकुष्ठामयमृत्युदं भवेद् हृदरोगशूलौ कुरुतेऽश्मरीञ्च ।
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नानारुजानाञ्च तथा प्रकोपं करोति हृल्लास मवैधलोहम् ॥
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Evil effects of taking impure iron: Iron, not properly purified and incinerated, gives rise to the following :-impotency, leprosy, death, heart disease, colic, stone disease, hiccough, and even augmentation of many of the diseases the patient has already been suffering from.<ref name=":8" />
    
== Extraction Process in Ancient Times ==
 
== Extraction Process in Ancient Times ==

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