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 40 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (12): Grahani-bhairava rasa
One fourth tola, each, of mercury, sulphur, jatiphala, and cloves are to be mixed together and rubbed with four tolas of the juice of each of the following, in succession, and dried in the intense heat of the sun, each time:—suryavarta, leaves of bilva, and leaves of shringataka. Pills are then to be made, two raktis in weight, each, to be taken with the juice of bilva leaves. Diet, boiled rice with curd. This medicine cures diarrhoea, acute and chronic, anemia dropsy, and fever.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for chronic diarrhea (12): Grahani-bhairava 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.