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 (150): Saranana rasa
Equal quantities of brass, bell-metal, copper, cinnabar, pippali, and aconite are to be rubbed together, for three hours, with the juice of guruchi, and made into pills, one rakti in weight each, to be taken with honey. This medicine cures all sorts of fevers including jirna-jvara and indigestion. Diet, soup of. mudga grams, butter milk, and cocoanut water.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (150): Saranana 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.