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 17 - Treatment for indigestion (15): Vahni-pradipana rasa

One and a half tola, each, of mercury and sulphur; three tolas of aconite, six tolas, each, of maricha and burnt conch-shell, five tolas of shunthi, and one tola, each, of sarjiksara, hingu, pippali, rock-salt, sanavarchala salt, vira salt, sea-salt, and nitre are to be mixed together, subjected to bhavana with lemon juice, and made into pills. This medicine cures grahani, amlapitta, colic, and dullness of the digesting heat.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment for indigestion (15): Vahni-pradipana 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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