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 (51): Sannipata-bhairava rasa
Four and half tolas of cinnabar, two and one eighth tolas of sulphur and aconite, each, three tolas of dhutura seeds, and one and one sixteenth tola of borax are to be rubbed with the juice of lime-juice, and made into pills one rakti in weight, each, to be dried in a shady place. Accompaniment, ginger-juice. It cures sannipatika fever of a malignant type, even.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (51): Sannipata-bhairava 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.