Part 21 - Treatment for enlargement of spleen and liver (20): Jakrit-plihodarahara Lauha

Four parts of iron, two parts of mica, one part of incinerated mercury, and fifteen parts of triphala are to be mixed together and boiled, by mild heat, with 352 (16 x 22) parts of water, which is to be reduced, to one-eighth its quantity (i.e., 44 parts). With this is to be mixed clarified butter, equal in quantity to the remaining part of the boiled water (i.e., 44 parts), the same quantity (i.e., 44 parts) of juice of shatabari, and 88 parts of milk. All these are to be boiled by mild heat, in a vessel made of earth or iron, by means of an iron ladle. Of the four parts of the iron referred to above, only half the quantity, (i.e., two parts) is to be used at the outset, the remainder (i.e., two) being mixed with the product, after the completion of the boiling process. Six, parts of each of the following are also to be mixed with the substance, just before the completion of the boiling process:—shurana, kapalika, chabya, viranga, patvika lodhra, shara-punksha, patha, roots of chitraka, shunthi, pancha-lavana, java-kshara, briddha-daraka, jamani, and madhuttha (bee-hive).

This medicine cures enlargement of spleen, liver, and gulma. It is to be subjected to bhavana for two times each, in succession, with the juices of the following, if it is to be applied in enlargement of spleen:—mana tuber, ghantakarna leaves, and shurana tuber.