SHILAJIT

 SHILAJIT 

ResearchEdit

In 1955 Shakirov, based on ethnography study and old medical manuscripts, started systematic pharmacological study of Mumiye-asil.

In 1976 Mumiye-asil was found beneficial in the complex treatment of bone fractures.

In 1978, on the initiative of the Ministry of Health of the Uzbek SSR, the 3rd All-Union Symposium was held in Tashkent on experimental and morphological studies of the effect of mumiyo on the regeneration of nerves, heart muscle and bones.

Shilajit (Sanskrit: शिलाजीत "Conqueror of mountain, Conqueror of the Rocks, Destroyer of Weakness") or Mumijo  is a blackish-brown powder or an exudate from high mountain rocks, often found in theHimalayas, Badakhshan- Afghanistan, Karakoram, Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Russia, Central Asia, Iran, Mongolia and in the south of Peru, where it is called Andean Shilajit. Also known as μούμια (in Greek), Mumiyo (in Russian), Brag-shun or Barakhshin (means "oil of the mountains" in South Siberian region of the Sayano-Altai Mountains, Khakassia, Buryatia, Mongolia), Rock sap or Rock juice (in Tibet, Central Asia, Himalaya, Pamir and Altai), Marathi or Gujarati (in Hindi), شلاجیت (in Urdu), Asphalt (in English), Silajita, Silajatu (in Bengali), Hajarul-Musa or Araq-al-jibal (in Arabic), Myemu, Moomiaii or Mumnaei (in Persian), Mumie (in German), Mineral Pitch,Jew’s Pitch, Mineral Wax, Kao-tun (blood of the mountain in Burma), Tasmay and Slag (China), "Blessing of Nature" (Nepal).

Shilajit, as commonly consumed

What Is Shilajit?

Shilajit is an astonishing sticky tar-like resinous substance.