%0 Journal Article %T A Metallurgical Study of N¨¡ga Bhasma %A Dev Nath Singh Gautam %J Archive of "Ancient Science of Life". %D 2017 %R 10.4103/asl.ASL_206_15 %X The metal N¨¡ga (Lead) is being used by Indians since ancient times. Its external and internal uses have been described in Caraka, Su£¿ruta and other Ayurvedic Sa£¿hit¨¡. According to most of the Rasa texts, N¨¡ga Bhasma and its formulations are used in many diseases such as Prameha, Jvara, Gulma, £¿ukrameha etc %K Ayurvedic drug %K N¨¡ga Bhasma %K Pu£¿a %K traditional medicines %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726183/