Red Ochre/Gairika /Reddle/Kavimannu/Svarna gairika

Red Ochre (Gairika)

Red ochre consists of silica and clay owing its color to iron oxide.Colored earth is mined, ground and washed, leaving a mixture of minerals – essentially rust-stained clay. Ochre can be used raw (yellowish), or roasted for a deeper (brown-red) color from loss of water of hydration. Produces a quick-drying oil paint.

Use of Red ochre

• piles
• bleeding disorders
• ulcers
• boils
• vomiting
• hiccups
• It has cooling and antibilious action.
• It prevents hemorrhage.
• It gives relief in hiccups.
• Its topical application gives relief in burns,
• pustular eruption.