Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances
by Bhudeb Mookerjee | 1938 | 47,185 words | ISBN-10: 8170305829 | ISBN-13: 9788170305828
This third volume of the Rasa-jala-nidhi deals with purification techniques of the Seven Metals (sapta-dhatu) and various Gems (ratna). It also deals with substances such as Alkalis (kshara), Salts (lavana), Poisions (visha) and Semi-poisions (upavisha) as well as various alcholic liquors. The Rasa-jala-nidhi (“the ocean of Iatrochemistry, or, che...
Part 20 - Symptoms of Poison
Special Troubles due to inorganic poison.
These are:—fever, hiccough, tickling and irritating sensation in the teeth, swelling of the neck and throat, coming out of froth from the mouth, nausea, aversion to food, difficult respiration, and loss of consciousness.
Troubles due to a sudden entrance of poison into the system.
Eight different stages follow the entrance of poison (visha) into a human system. In the first stage, there is a discoloration of the skin; in the second, there is shivering; in the third, inflammation; in the fourth, disfigurement of the whole body; in the fifth, coming out of froth from the mouth; in the sixth, breaking of the shoulders; in the seventh, loss of movement of the limbs; and the eighth stage is the stage of death.
Having regard to all these, a physician should treat the patient.
Symptoms due to organic poison.
These are sleep, drowsiness, fatigue, inflammation, coming out of froth from the mouth, standing of hair on end, swelling, and diarrhoea.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Symptoms of Poison’ included in Bhudeb Mookerjee Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: 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.