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 (88): Arogya-bhairava rasa
Four parts of mercury, four parts of aconite, four parts of sulphur, and two parts of jatiphala, and seven parts of powdered pippali are to be rubbed together with water and made into pills one or two raktis in weight each. Accompaniments, juice of betel-leaves, or of ginger, or of the leaves of of dronapuspi. This medicine cures fever accompanied with a sensation of coldness, sannipatika fever, cholera, visama-jvara, pinasa, fever attended with catarrh, indigestion, loss of appetite, vomiting, and head diseases.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (88): Arogya-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.