The shastras rank remedies in a clear order: right conduct first, then mantra and daan, then fasting and ritual, and only last a gemstone. Anyone who begins by selling you a stone has skipped four cheaper steps.
When needed: Weak confidence, friction with father or authority, eye and bone heat.
Om Hraam Hreem Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah
When needed: Restless mind, disturbed sleep, mood swings, distance from mother.
Om Shraam Shreem Shraum Sah Chandraya Namah
When needed: Anger, accidents, disputes over land, blood and skin issues.
Om Kraam Kreem Kraum Sah Bhaumaya Namah
When needed: Poor concentration, nervousness, contract and speech problems.
Om Braam Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah
When needed: Delayed marriage, loss of guidance, weak faith, liver troubles.
Om Graam Greem Graum Sah Gurave Namah
When needed: Relationship strain, lack of comfort, vehicle and luxury losses.
Om Draam Dreem Draum Sah Shukraya Namah
When needed: Chronic delay, heavy responsibility, joint pain, isolation.
Om Praam Preem Praum Sah Shanaischaraya Namah
When needed: Confusion, addiction, sudden reversals, foreign-related trouble.
Om Bhraam Bhreem Bhraum Sah Rahave Namah
When needed: Detachment, unexplained anxiety, spiritual restlessness, surgery.
Om Sraam Sreem Sraum Sah Ketave Namah
A stone amplifies a planet — including its difficult side. Blue sapphire, hessonite and cat's eye especially must be tested for a few days before being set. Never wear a gem for a planet that rules your 6th, 8th or 12th house on the strength of a shop's advice. If you are unsure, send your birth details and I will tell you honestly whether you need one at all.
Ask before you buyLal Kitab (Arun Samhita) prescribes conduct and small acts of service rather than costly ritual. These are the general upay for each graha; the house-specific totka depends on where the planet actually sits in your chart — generate your free kundali to see yours.
Lal Kitab treats the Sun as the raja — generous when respected, harsh when insulted. Its remedies are about respect, not worship.
In Lal Kitab the Moon is the mother's blessing — the fastest-acting benefic when the mother is served, the fastest to fail when she is neglected.
Lal Kitab splits Mars into Mangal Nek (benefic) and Mangal Bad (malefic) — the same placement behaves oppositely depending on conduct and on Saturn/Ketu's position.
Lal Kitab reads Mercury through the daughters, the sisters and the aunt-figures of the family, and through honesty in trade.
Lal Kitab treats Jupiter as the ancestor's blessing and the temple in the house — remedies are about dharma kept alive, not about gold.
Lal Kitab links Venus to the wife, to the cow and to cleanliness — most of its Venus upay are about conduct in relationships and hygiene at home.
Lal Kitab is famous for its Saturn upay: they are all about service, cleanliness and never insulting labour, the old or the disabled.
Lal Kitab is at its most practical with Rahu: keep the head covered, keep clean habits, and never take what is not yours.
Lal Kitab links Ketu to sons, to dogs and to the flag of the ancestors — its upay revolve around service to children and animals.
Lal Kitab insists an upay be tested against the whole chart, started on the planet's own weekday, and never mixed with a contradictory remedy for an opposing graha.