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 35 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (7): Vajra-dhara rasa
One eighth tola, each of mercury, sulphur, copper, mica, javakshara, sarji-kshara. borax, bark of barun, roots of vasaka, alkali prepared from apamarga, and rock-salt are to be rubbed together with the juices of changeri and hasti shundi, and heated by putam, Dose, one rakti, each. A little of kanji is to be drunk after taking this medicine, which may also be applied in parinama-shula, cough, and weakness of the digesting heat, with ginger juice and honey; and in amlapitta (acidity combined with biliousness) with milk, still warm after milching.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for chronic diarrhea (7): Vajra-dhara 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.