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Litharge

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OTHER NAMES

Tamil: Mirudarsirungi
English: Litharge
Telugu: Mruddarsringa
Malayalam: Mruddarsringa
Kannada: Mruddarsringa
Marathi: 
Hindi: Mruddarsringa
Sanskrit: Mruddarsringa

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description & usage

This is an ore of lead, otherwise called lead monoxide or massicot. It occurs in pale dull brass yellow lumps with the structure and texture of cinnabar. It is a powerful local astringent and insecticide. Useful also in syphilitic chancres.

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