Part 60 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (32): Gandhaka rasa

One tola each of mercury and sulphur are to be rubbed together to form a black powder, which is to be melted in an iron pot, and mixed there with one tola each of jatiphala, jatikosha, lavanga, leaves of nimbu, leaves of nirgundi, and ela, all being then rubbed together with water. The lump is then to be put inside two oyster shells, which are to be coated with deep mud. This is then to be dried and heated by laghu-yuta. When cooled, the medicine is to be token out and powdered. Dose, six raktis, to be token with honey. This medicine cures grahani, diarrhoea, sutika, dysentery, children’s diseases, and fever. It is especially efficacious in diseases affecting women and children.