Part 51 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (23): Grahani-gaja-keshari rasa

One tola, each, of mercury and sulphur are to be rubbed together to form a black powder which is to be melted by a mild heat of smokeless char coal fire, in an iron pot in which one tola, each, of burnt and powdered cowri shells and copper pyrites, and two tolas of sulphur are to be thrown. All these are then to be mixed together, and rolled by means of a wooden rod. When the compound is completely melted and turps liquid, it is to be thrown upon a piece of banana leaf, placed upon the level surface of fresh cow-dung kept on the ground, and immediately pressed by means of a lump of fresh cow-dung, contained in another piece of banana leaf. The compound is then to be powdered in an iron mortar and mixed with one tola of copper pyrites; four tolas of mica, and one tola, each, of aconite, ativisa, duralabha, exudation of shalmali, and jira. The mixed substance is then to be subjected to bhavana with the juice or decoction of jayanti, kanchata, ganja, asvagandha, and panchakola. It is next to be dried and powdered. Dose, three raktis, each, to be taken with powdered shunthi and clarified butter. This medicine cures grahani. Diet, small quantities of clean, light, and beneficial food having the property of contracting the bowels, mixed with a little of clarified butter, curd, or butter-milk. This medicine increases appetite, digests food, and does away with mucus. With suitable accompaniments, it cures all sorts of diarrhoea. It forms stool without causing flatulence.