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 20 - Treatment of Udara-roga (17): Trailokya-ranjana rasa

One part, each, of mercury, copper, mica, rock-salt, aconite, black jira, viranga. essence of guruchi, roots of chitraka, cha, and java-kshara, and two parts of sulphur are to be mixed together (by rubbing, first of all, mercury with sulphur and thereby forming a black powder, and then mixing the other articles with it), and then rubbed for one day with the juices or decoctions of nirgundi, roots of chitraka, and bijapuru, and perfectly dried. Dose, two rakis, a day, to be taken with a few drops of clarified butter. It cures vatodara radically. One tola of the clarified butter, mentioned below, is to be drunk after taking the medicine, stated above:—

Four tolas of powdered roofs of chitraka and eight tolas of cow’s urine are to be boiled with 16 tolas of water and turned semi-solid. It is then to be mixed with 16 tolas of cow’s butter, clarified, and boiled by a mild heat. When the liquid is freed from water (containing clarified butter only), have it filtered by means of a, piece of cloth. The liquid, thus filtered, is to be mixed with four tolas of javakshara. Dose, one tola, a day.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment of Udara-roga (17): Trailokya-ranjana 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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