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 54 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (26): Vidhumauli rasa
One tolas each, of mercury, sulphur, iron, mica, lead, roots of chitraka, borax, jatiphala, hingu, guratwak, ela, musta, lavanga, teja-patra, jira, jamani, shunthi, rock-salt, maricha, and silver, and twelve raktis in weight of gold are to be mixed together, subjected to bhavana with the juices of ginger and amalaki, and made into pills, twelve raktis in weight, each- This medicine, taken early in the morning, once a day, with a few drops of honey, cures grahani, indigestion, piles, weakness of the digesting heat, and all sorts of diseases affecting the abdomen.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for chronic diarrhea (26): Vidhumauli 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.