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 (80): Sudhamshu-shekhara rasa
One part each of lead, tin, sulphur, borax, aconite, and orpiment, and two parts each of mercury and copper are to be rubbed together with milk of banyan tree, and made into a lump which is to be con lined in a blind crucible and heated by gajaputa. When cooled of itself, the medicine is to be taken out and rubbed, over and over again, with the juice of bhringaraja and ginger. Pills are then to be made, two raktis in weight each, to be taken with honey and ginger juice. It cures jvirna-jvara.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (80): Sudhamshu-shekhara 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.