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 (130): Jvarari rasa
Equal quantities of cinnabar, sulphur, mercury, copper, lead mica, borax, bira salt, and realgar are to be mixed together, and subjected to bhavana, for ten times, with the juice of leaves of aragbadha, and made into pills, one rakti in weight each. Accompaniment honey and ginger juice. It cures fever very quickly. It pacifies an excess of kapha and pitta, and is also a good medicine for colic.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (130): Jvarari 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.