Treatment for fever (67): Dipika rasa

Equal quantities of lead sufficiently heated, mercury, sulphur, and pippali are to be rubbed together for three days, each, with lime juice, juice of thorny meghanada and kanya. The compound is then to be rubbed for two days with goat’s urine, and for three days with cows urine. The substance is then to be subjected to bhavana with all the liquids referred to above. Then mix with it rock-salt, powdered roots of chitraka and salt peter, each equal in quantity to the heated lead referred to above. These are then to be rubbed together and again subjected to bhayana with the liquids referred to above. Dose, nine raktis in weight to be taken with a little of clarified butter and sugar. Diet—food prepared from wheat, soup of mashagrams bastuka leaves, and amalaki. This medicine also cures all sorts of fever.