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 61 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (33): Madhumalati rasa

One fourth tola, each, of the powder of borax, javakshara, sulphur, mercury, jatiphala, green bilva fruit cut into pieces and dried, khadira, jira, white resin, seeds of banari, and Mowers of baka are to be rubbed together with the juice or decoction of each of the following:—leaves of bilva, seeds of karpasa (cotton plant), shalincha, dugdhika, roots of shalincha, bark of kutaja, and leaves of kanchata. Pills are then to be made, one rakti in weight, each. One such pill is to be taken every day for three days only. Four tolas of mastu of curd is to be drunk after taking this medicine. Black egg fruit, black fish, curd, and butter milk are beneficial. Things having the property of inducing haemorrhage (such as betel leaves, garlic, hingu, sleeping in daytime) are to be avoided. This medicine cures grahani colic due to mucus, fever, cough, asthma, ascites, and dysentery.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment for chronic diarrhea (33): Madhumalati 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.

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