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 (74): Praneshvara rasa
One part each of sulphur, mica, and mercury is to be rubbed together with the juice of barahi-kanda, and then subjected to heat by baluka-jantra. Mix with this compound one part each of triphala, trikatu, roots of chitraka, the three alkalis, (viz. java-kshara, sarji-kshara, and borax, combined), the five salts (viz saindhava, samudra, sambara, bira, and sauvarchala, combined), hingu, guggulu, ajamoda, jira, and seeds of kutaja. Dose, six raktis each, to be taken with eight tolas of hot water. It cures the worst type of sannipatika fever, chronic diarrhoea, loss of appetite, anemia, and gulama. In serious eases this medicine may be applied twice a day.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (74): Praneshvara 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.