The Wealth of Indian Alchemy and Its Medicinal Uses
author: B. Mukherji
edition: 1998, Sri Satguru Publications
pages: 741
ISBN-10: 8170305829
ISBN-13: 9788170305828
Topic: Rasashastra
Chapter 39 - Medas (Obesity)
This page describes Medas (Obesity) which is the thirty-ninth chapter located on pages 623-628 in the book The wealth of Indian alchemy composed by B. Mukherji. This book is a compendium of medicinal practices related to Indian alchemy, a branch of Ayurveda known as Rasashastra. It deals with topics such as purification of metals, minerals and previous stones. 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 “Medas (Obesity)” according to 42 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions [by Bhudeb Mookerjee]
This medicine cures an abnormal excess of vayu and kapha, leprosy, fever, jaundice, anemia, swelling due to anemia, fistula, epilepsy, bewilderment, insanity due to poison, all sorts of artificial poison, and especially obesity and fat (medas) in the belly. It is a tonic and aphrodisiac....
Read full contents: Chapter 17 - Symptoms and Treatment of Medoroga (obesity)
Concept of Mind in the Major Upanishads [by Gisha K. Narayanan]
The characteristics of mind are elucidated through a number of concepts namely, awareness (samjna), comprehension (ajnana [ajnanam]), understanding (vijnana [vijnanam]), knowledge (prajnana [prajnanam]), retentiveness (meda), insight (drishti [drishtih]), resolution (dhriti [dhritih]), opinion (mati [matih]), memory (smriti [smritih]), reflection (manisha), impulse (juti [jutih]), will (samkalpa), purpose (krituh), life (asuh), desire (kama) and control (vasha)....
Read full contents: 1. The Characteristics of mind
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita [by Laxmi Maji]
The sweet-testing drugs are as follows: jivaka, rishabhaka, jivanti, vira, taalaki, kakoli, kshirakakoli, mudgaparni, mashaparni, shalaparni, prishniparni, asanaparni, madhuparni, meda, mahameda, karkatashringi, shringatika, chinnaruha, chatra, aticchatra, shravani, mahashravani, sahadeva, vishvadeva, shukla, kshirashukla, bala, atibala, vidari, kshiravidari, kshudrasaha, mahasaha, rishyagandha, ashvagandha, vrishcira, punarnava, brihati, kantakarika, urubuka, morata, shvadamshtra, samharsha, shatavari, shatapushpa, madhukapushpi...
Read full contents: Classification of Drugs in the Caraka-Samhita
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