Chemistry and Pharmacology of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
author: Mukund Sabnis
edition: 2006, Chaukhambha Amarbharati Prakashan
pages: 501
Topic: Ayurveda
Chapter 9 - Strychnous nux vomica
This page describes Strychnous nux vomica which is the ninth chapter located on page 455 in the book Chemistry and Pharmacology of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants composed by Mukund Sabnis. This book combines modern scientific pharmacology with Ayurveda, encompassing Sanskrit references from ancient literature and chemical properties from modern research. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Strychnous nux vomica” according to 5 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Take an equal quantity of mercury, copper, sulphur, pippali, croton seeds (of course, purified), katuki, haritaki, root of tribrit, and nux-vomica fruits, rub them together, and subject them to bhavana with the milk of bajri tree. Dose, three raktis at a time....
Read full contents: Treatment for fever (2): Ishana-sundara rasa
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
One part of mercury, two parts of sulphur, three parts of ajamoda, four parts of vidanga, five parts of nux-vomica, and six parts of seeds of palasha are to be mixed together, and taken in doses of one fourth of a tola, each, to be taken with a little of honey and decoction of musta. This medicine-cures worms (krimi). Krimighna rasa....
Read full contents: Chapter 12 - Symptoms and treatment of Worms and Bacilli (krimi)
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 3: Metals, Gems and other substances [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
Kuchila (nox-vomica) produces a cooling effect on the system. It is bitter, increaser of a slight vayu, intoxicating, light, highly remover of pain, increaser of hunger, digestive, and destroyer of phlegm, pitta, blood, and (necessarily rakta-pitta). Purification of visha-musti: First process. Visha-musti (kuchila) is purified, if is is boiled with kanji for six hours by means of a Dola-yantra, and then fried well with a little of clarified butter (till it is reduced to charcoal)....
Read full contents: Part 6 - Semi-poison (6): Visha-musti (kuchila)
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[Chemistry and Pharmacology of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants: index]
[Preface]
[Introduction]