Part 12 - Treatment of Piles (11): Arsha-binasha rasa

One thousand and twenty four tolas of the decoction of meda, roots of danti, roots of chitraka, fruits of bhalla-taka, trikatu langali, and peelu, are to be boiled with sixtyfour tola’s of she-calf’s urine and sixty four tolas of milk of snuhi. When sufficiently condensed, the following are to be mixed with the substance:—four tolas of mercury, eight tolas of sulphur, twelve tolas of iron, sixteen tola’s of copper, and eight tolas, each, of sarjiksara and javaksara. The whole thing is to be heated in an iron pot, placed upon fire, which is to be extinguished, when the whole thing is reduced to ashes. This medicine cures piles.