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 15 - Treatment of Piles (14): Arsha-kripana rasa

Four tolas of mercury, eight tolas, each, of sulphur, iron, copper, danti, trikatu, and surana, five tolas, each, of bansha-lochana, borax, javaksra, and rock salt; and thirty-two tolas of milk of sunhi, are to be mixed together, and boiled with hundred and twenty-eight tolas of calf’s urine, by mild heat in an iron pot, till the whole thing is dried up. Dose, twelve raktis each.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment of Piles (14): Arsha-kripana 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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