Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Minerals (uparasa)
by Bhudeb Mookerjee | 1938 | 28,803 words | ISBN-10: 8170305829 | ISBN-13: 9788170305828
This second volume of the Rasa-jala-nidhi deals with the purification, incineration and medicinal uses of various minerals (uparasa), as well as preventing faults due to misuse. It is continued in the third volume which deals with the various metals. The Rasa-jala-nidhi (“the ocean of Iatrochemistry, or, chemical medicine) is a compendium of Sansk...
Part 3 - Purification of kharpara
First process.
Rasaka assumes a yellow appearance, and is purified, if it is saturated with the juice of bitter alabu and then heated.
Second process,
Kharpara is purified, if it is heated for seven times, and is immersed in the juice of bijapura, after each act of heating,
Third process.
Kharpara is purified, if it is heated and immersed in man’s urine, or horse’s urine, or whey, or kanji.
Fourth process.
Rasaka is purified, if it is boiled in man’s urine or cow’s urine for a week by means of a Dola-yantra.
Fifth process.
Rasaka is purified, if it is rubbed with the juices of red and yellow flowers and then subjected to bhavana with cow’s urine, or man’s urine, or aranala, or saubir amla, each mixed with rock salt.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Purification of kharpara’ included in Bhudeb Mookerjee Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 2: Initiation, Mercury and Laboratory. The text includes treatments, recipes and remedies and is categorised as Rasa Shastra: an important branch of Ayurveda that specialises in medicinal/ herbal chemistry, alchemy and mineralogy, for the purpose of prolonging and preserving life.