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 (143): Maharaja rasa

One tola, each, of mercury, sulphur, and mica; one fourth tola, each, of seeds of briddha-daraka, tin, and iron; one fourth tola of gold, copper, and camphor, each, and one eighth tola, each, of seeds of bhanga, shatabari, white resin, cloves, kokilaksha, bidari, musali, banari, jatiphala, jatikosa, bala, and nagabala are to be rubbed together with the juice of musali, and made into pills, four raktis in weight, each. Accompaniment, honey only. It cures all sorts of fevers cough, asthma, consumption, jaundice, amentia, and hemeptosis.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (143): Maharaja 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.

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