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 IRON. 47 Prepared iron is a fine impalpable powder of a reddish grey or brickdust 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. < Vrihat sarvajvarahara hntfai. 1 Take of purified mercury and sulphur, prepared copper, iron pyrites, talc, gold and orpiineni, s^i*fo^* sfa*[ i xn^ ?t*N ^5* tm mfa*m*n f* w ^T^TT irs^m: <<K*i«iifa TFnrak^T *w i ^3fnr«fft%^ «n?i«i *rfa^rc q fl*«m » *f«P*re vxvfir Uw% fMfaswi *ta^ ^rc^ ft*m *!ta«i ^Tl I *#to^ ^t< ^rtsrrCM *tot i tflwc <tct ^ts I UclR *J3fR ^rant^f WWd ir^qtf *f^r*i