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 (113): Chudamani rasa
Equal quantities of incinerated mercury, coral, gold, silver, tin, copper, pearls, steel, and mica are to be rubbed together with water, and made into pills, three raktis in weight, each. This medicine cures sannipatika fever, chronic fever, and fever due to an excess of sexual desire and grief, cough due to an excess of the three doshas, asthama all sorts of colic, head diseases, pain in the ears and teeth, galagraha, chronic diarrhoea due to an excess of vayu and pitta, rheumatism, lumbago, loss of power of digestion, cholera, piles, and spermatorrhoea.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (113): Chudamani 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.