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Rasashastra
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Ayurvedic_medicine/XCgFAdb3">Ayurvedic medicine</a> <i>rasaśāstra</i> (रसशास्त्र), refers to processes by which various <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metals</a>, <a href="/facts/Minerals/LkUFbNmv">minerals</a> and other substances, including most notably <a href="/facts/Mercury_(element)/WlxfoHva">mercury</a>, are purified and combined with herbs in an attempt to treat illnesses. Rasaśāstra is a pharmaceutical branch of Indian system of medicine and a genre of literature which mainly deals with the metals, minerals, product of animal origin, toxic herbs and their use in therapeutics. </p>