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 13 - Fermented non-alcoholics (3): Sidhu (a kind of vinegar)
Keep some sweet liquid in a new earthen vessel, covered with an earthen basin. Place the vessel in the sun every day, till the liquid gets fermented. Take out, every now and then, the dirty scum collected on the surface of the liquid, and then close the mouth of the vessel, as before. When sufficiently fermented in this way, (i.e., when there will be no more scum gathered on the surface of the liquid), the liquid will be called Sidhu.
Sidhu is of two kinds, viz. boiled and unboiled. That which is prepared by fermenting a boiled liquid of sweet taste is called “pakva” or boiled sidhu; and that which is prepared from unboiled liquid of sweet taste is called “apakva” or unboiled sidhu.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Fermented non-alcoholics (3): Sidhu (a kind of vinegar)’ 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.