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 (86): Jvaramurari rasa
One tola each of mercury, sulphur, aconite and cinnabar, half a tola of cloves, four tolas of maricha, eight tolas of seeds of dhutura and one tola of tribrit are to be rubbed together and subjected to bhavana for seven times with the decoction of danti, and made into pills one rakti in weight each. It cures all sorts of fever, indigestion flatulence, chronic diarrhoea, gulma, rheumatism, amlapitta, cough, asthma, consumption, udara-roga, sciatica, paralysis, and other diseases due to the derangement of vayu, swelling due to anaemia, and leprosy.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (86): Jvaramurari 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.