Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions
by Bhudeb Mookerjee | 1938 | 63,627 words | ISBN-10: 8170305829 | ISBN-13: 9788170305828
This fifth volume of the Rasa-jala-nidhi deals with the symptoms, treatment and dietary prescriptions of various afflictions. For example, ratapitta (haemoptysis), cough, asthma, tumours and obesity are dealth with and various Iatro-chemical recipes are provided for these diseases. The Rasa-jala-nidhi (“the ocean of Iatrochemistry, or, chemical me...
Part 9 - Chemists of the Metallic School: Kapali, author of Rasa-raja-mahodadhi
The next author in the list is Kapali, His work which has not yet been discovered, was evidently extant at the time of Siddha Nityanatha, author of Rasa-ratnakara, No. II, who says that he consulted the work of Kapali, the divine physcian.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Chemists of the Metallic School: Kapali, author of Rasa-raja-mahodadhi’ included in Bhudeb Mookerjee Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: 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.