Treatment for fever (24): Sarvanga-sundara-chintamani rasa

One tola in weight of mica, sulphur, and mercury, each, half a tola of aconite and croton seeds, each—all these are to be rubbed together slowly and reduced to a very fine dust. This is then to be rubbed with water and made into a paste, with which a few betel leaves are to be smeared. A pit, six angulis square, is to be filled with these leaves, covered with other betel leaves, not smeared with the paste. A fire made of cow-dung cakes, collected from pasturage, is to be kindled upon these leaves. After the fire is extinguished and the ground cooled by radiation of heat, the burnt leaves are to be taken out and powdered in a stone mortar. Half a tola of aconite and croton Seeds each, are to be mixed with this powder. All these are then to be rubbed together with water and made into pills one rakti in Weight, each. Dose, one rakti.

Accompaniments—one rakti in weight of ginger juice, powdered maricha, powdered roots of chitraka, and rock-salt. It cures fever due to an excess of the doshas, either primary or chronic, fever due to an excess of vayu, indigestion, and diarrhoea, acute or chronic. Diet, boiled rice with curd. In the event of any untoward symptom arising, the head is to be washed with cold Water poured in torrents. It is a very efficacious medicine.

Note: Six angulis are equal to one fourth cubit or ?th foot.