Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry
by Bhudeb Mookerjee | 1938 | 52,258 words | ISBN-10: 8170305829 | ISBN-13: 9788170305828
This fourth volume of the Rasa-jala-nidhi deals with Rasa-chikitsa-vidya, also known a the science of Iatrchemistry (chemical medicine), a major branch of Ayurveda. It contains Ayurvedic treatments for Fever and Diarrhea. The Rasa-jala-nidhi (“the ocean of Iatrochemistry, or, chemical medicine) is a compendium of Sanskrit verses dealing with ancie...
Treatment for fever (22): Nava-jvarebha-simha rasa
Equal quantities of mercury, sulphur, iron, copper, lead, maricha, pippali and sunthi, and aconite being half the quantity of each of them, are to bo rubbed together with water, for two days, and made into pills, two rakti in weight, each. Accompaniment, honey and ginger-juice. If cures all shorts of fever and cronic diarrhoea.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (22): Nava-jvarebha-simha rasa’ included in Bhudeb Mookerjee Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: 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.