Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Cow horn (Bos taurus), of the Bovidae (Mammalia) family. The domestic cow — a large horned ruminant of the Bovidae, kept for milk, draught and dung as well as this; native range: the domestic cow, kept throughout India. Globally recognized as go śṛṅga in Sanskrit, and cow horn, cattle horn in English. The part used is the horn — ground to paste and dried, then powdered, or calcined to bhasma. A hard, hollow, pale-to-dark keratinous sheath, near odourless cold, sharply acrid and burnt-hair when heated; the ash a dull grey-white, gritty, tasteless.

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