Common Name:

Processed Shilajit

Botanical Name:

Asphaltum (mineral pitch)

Geographic origin of the plant:

Kalikot, Nepal

Method of growing:

Wild

Introduction / Varity of plant / Method of extraction / Distilled organ:

It is a bituminous substance which is a compact mass of vegetable organic matter composed of dark red gummy matrix. It is bitter in taste, and its smell resembles cow’s stale urine.

1. Organoleptic Properties

Appearance

Semi-hard

Color

Brownish black to dark

3. Uses

(a) Shilajit is prescribed in genito-urinary diseases, diabetes, jaundice, gallstones, enlarged spleen, digestive disorders, epilepsy, nervous disesases, elephantiasis, chronic bronchitis and anaemia. Shilajit is useful as aphrodisiac, rejunvenator, alterative tonic, respiratory, stimulant, internal antiseptic, diuretic, lithontriptic, worms, piles, adiposity, renal and bladder stones, nervous diseases, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, eczema, anorexia, fracture of bones5-6.