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...

Part 34 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (6): Vahni-jvala rasa

One fourth tola of mercury find sulphur, each, are to be rubbed together to form a kajjali or black powder, with which is to be mixed six raktis of mica. The compound is then to be rubbed, for seven times, with the juice of matulunga and made into a lump, drying it in the sun, after each act of rubbing. It is then to be mixed with twelve raktis of powdered trikatu and rubbed, separately, with eight tolas of the juice of each of the following, in succession:—trishuli bhringa-raja, changeri satala, brischikali, white aparajita, kanya, hilamocika, grisma-sundara, karini (hastishundi), karnamoti (babbula), rudanti, roots of chitraka, ginger, dhutura, kakamachi, and talamuli. Dose six raktis each, to be taken with a piece of, betel leaf and six raktis of powdered trikatu This medicine also cures aversion to food, consumption, loss of power of digestion, and sutika.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment for chronic diarrhea (6): Vahni-jvala 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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