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[[File:Altai Mumijo Dissolved in Water.jpg|thumb|alt=Shilajit in a glass of water.|Shilajit, as commonly consumed.]]

{{short description|Thick, sticky tar-like substance}}
'''Shilajit''' ({{lang-sa|शिलाजीत}}) or '''Mumijo''' is a blackish-brown powder or an exudate from high mountain rocks, often found in the [[Himalayas]], [[Karakoram]], Nepal, Bhutan, Girda (Buldhana, MH, India), [[Russia]], [[Iran]], [[Mongolia]] and in the south of [[Peru]], where it is called ''Andean Shilajit''.<ref name="caveminerals">{{cite book|last1=Hill|first1=Carol A.|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cave_Minerals_of_the_World/UCfwAAAAMAAJ|title=Cave minerals of the world|last2=Forti|first2=Paolo|publisher=National Speleological Society|year=1997|isbn=9781879961074|edition=|volume=|access-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428002820/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cave_Minerals_of_the_World/UCfwAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=April 28, 2021}}</ref>

Although shilajit is sometimes referred to as a mineral tar or resin, it is not actually either of those. It is a highly viscous substance like a tar or resin that is very dark brown or black in color, but unlike these is readily soluble in water but insoluble in [[ethanol]]. Shilajit is composed of 60% to 80% [[Humic substance|humic]] substances such as humic and [[Fulvic acid|fulvic]] acids, along with trace oligoelements including selenium.<ref name="Khanna-2008">{{cite journal|last1=Khanna|first1=Rajesh|last2=Witt|first2=Matthias|last3=Anwer|first3=Md. Khalid|last4=Agarwal|first4=Suraj P.|last5=Koch|first5=Boris P.|date=December 2008|title=Spectroscopic characterization of fulvic acids extracted from the rock exudate Shilajit|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0146638008002647|journal=Organic Geochemistry|publisher=Elsevier|volume=39|issue=12|pages=1719–1724|doi=10.1016/j.orggeochem.2008.08.009|access-date=April 28, 2021|via=Elsevier Science Direct}}</ref>

Some researchers hypothesize that shilajit is produced by the decomposition or humification of [[latex]] and [[resin]]-bearing plant material from species such as [[Euphorbia royleana]] and [[Trifolium repens]] over a period of centuries.<ref name="Agarwal-2007">{{cite journal|last1=Agarwal|first1=Suraj P.|last2=Khanna|first2=Rajesh|last3=Karmarkar|first3=Ritesh|last4=Anwer|first4=Md. Khalid|last5=Khar|first5=Roop K.|date=February 13, 2007|title=Shilajit: a review|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ptr.2100|journal=Phytotherapy Research|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.|volume=21|issue=5|pages=401–405|doi=10.1002/ptr.2100|pmid=17295385|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308215211/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ptr.2100|archive-date=March 8, 2021|access-date=April 28, 2021|via=Wiley Online Library|s2cid=40620070}}</ref><ref name="Ghosal-1976">{{cite journal|last1=Ghosal|first1=S.|last2=Reddy|first2=J.P.|last3=Lal|first3=V.K.|date=May 1, 1976|title=Shilajit I: Chemical Constituents|url=https://jpharmsci.org/article/S0022-3549(15)40768-3/abstract|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|volume=65|issue=5|pages=772–773|doi=10.1002/jps.2600650545|pmid=932958|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428003738/https://jpharmsci.org/article/S0022-3549%2815%2940768-3/abstract|archive-date=April 28, 2021|access-date=April 28, 2021}}</ref>

Shilajit is of two types: ''gomutra shilajit'' and ''karpura shilajit<small>.</small>''{{Clarify|date=July 2021}}

Shilajit can also be classified into four major categories according to substances present in it:
Suvarna Shilajit, Rajat Shilajit, Tamr Shilajit and Loh Shilajit. Among them, Loh Shilajit is very popular.
Formulations like Dabur Shilajit Gold contain multiple contents along with other herbs like [[Withania somnifera|ashwagandha]] and [[Chlorophytum borivilianum|safed museli]].<ref>https://www.pharmtm.in/products/viewProduct/196/shilajit-gold-with-kesar-20-capsules</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Ayurvedic medicaments]]
[[Category:Sowa Rigpa medicaments]]

Shilajit - Revision history

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