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Coral may not be seen as a real gem by some, but
it has fantastic healing qualities.The coral is the gemstone of the planet Mars
and helps to overcome problems related to this planet.
 Red
coral is useful as jewelry and for pleasing the planet Mars,
but the use of white corals is more popular in Bengal, where
people also use it for Mars energy.
The best gem should have
the following qualities:
1. deep red color
2. regular shape and even surface
3. round or oval shape
4. free of dents, holes, or perforations
5. smooth
One who wears or possesses such coral enjoys
good fortune and is never possessed by evil spirits or bothered
by ghosts, bad vibrations, nightmares, storms, or lightning.
Japa done with a coral mala with 108 beads brings siddhi (power).
Some tests for Identification of Real Coral
1. If real coral is placed in a glass of cow's
milk, the color of the milk will appear pink or take on
a red tinge. Imitation coral will not affect the whiteness
of milk.
2. If a coral is dropped in blood, blood will thicken around
it.
3. A true coral changes color according to the physical
well-being of the wearer. It fades before the disorder in
physical health is noticeable and resumes its original color
when physical health is restored.
 Some
aspects of the Rituals for Wearing a Coral
A coral should be bought on a Tuesday when the
Moon is in Aries or Scorpio. The coral's weight should be
no less than 6 rattikas. The metal used should be a mixture
of copper and gold.
Some aspects of the The Medicinal Utility
of Coral
Coral Oxide is used ror different diseases with
different mediums, follows:
1. For dry cough: Use it with powdered raw
sugar.
2. Cough with mucus: a) If the mucus needs to be expelled
from the system, coral oxide should be taken with powdered
brown sugar; b) If the mucus needs to be dried, it should
be taken with honey.
3. Low fever: It should be taken with sitopiladi choorna
with honey.
4. Breathlessness with low fever: Take it with honey.
5. New fever: With honey.
6. Bone fracture: With honey.
7. Eye troubles (burning, irritation): Use it with ghee,
rock sugar candy, and milk.
8. Headache: Use it with milk cooked with almond paste.
9. Mental weakness: Use it with milk cooked with almond
paste.
10. General tonic: Use it with honey.
11. Diseases of liver: With honey.
12. Hyperacidity: With cold milk.
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The other form of medical preparation is pishthi
(paste), which is more powerful and better in quality than
oxide.
Dosage: 1 to 2 rattikas twice a day :
1. To prevent miscarriage: Apply the paste
(not powder - if only the powder is available make a paste
by adding rose water or kewra water - a few drops to two
doses) to the navel of a pregnant woman.
2. First stage of tuberculosis: Use it with honey.
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Coral powder is very good for nursing mothers
who become weak during the nursing period.
Chief Sources
of Coral
Coral of the finest quality is obtained in bulk
from the coasts of Algeria and Tunisia. Other profitable sites
for coral deposits are the coasts of Spain, France, Corsica,
Sardinia, and Sicily. Corals are also processed in India.
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