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 (89): Jvara-keshari rasa
Equal quantities of mercury, aconite, trikatu, sulphur, triphala, and croton-seeds are to be rubbed together with the juice of bhringa-raja. and made into pills one rakti, in weight, each, for adults, and one mustard seed, each, for children up to the age of 15. This medicine may be applied in all sorts of fevers, with the accompaniment of three tolas in weight of cocoanut water, in fever due to an excess of pitta it may be given with sugar, in fever due to the three doshas with honey and powdered maricha, and in fever accompanied with heating sensation with honey, pippali, and jira.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (89): Jvara-keshari 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.