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 70 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (42): Shiva-sadhana rasa

Equal quantities of mercury, sulphur, aconite, trikatu, borax, iron, ajamoda, and opium; and mica equal in quantity to all the foregoing combined, are to be rubbed for three hours with the decoction of roots of chitraka, and made into pills, two raktis in weight each. This medicine cures indigestion and grahani.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment for chronic diarrhea (42): Shiva-sadhana 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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