Part 66 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (38): Abhra rasayana

One tola, each, of mercury and sulphur are to be rubbed together to form a black powder, with which is to be mixed one tola in weight of mica and one tola of powdered trikatu. The compound is then to be subjected to bhavana with four tolas, each, of the juices of kesharaja, bhringaraja, nirgundi, roots of chitraka, grisma-sundara, jayanti manduka parni, bhanga, white aparajita, and betel leaves. It is then to be mixed with an equal quantity of powdered maricha and half its quantity of borax. All these are then to be rubbed with water and made into pills, two raktis each, to be dried in the sun Accompaniment is to be decided upon in consideration of the age of the patient, his power of digestion, and the nature of his disease. Diet, curd with any edible desired. This medicine cures diarrhoea, fever, diseases due to an excess of vayu and kapha, waste, cough, asthma, etc. it is a good aphrodisiac.