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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 63 - Treatment for chronic diarrhea (35): Ama-parpati rasa

Half a tola of mercury, specially purified with powdered brick, powdered turmeric, and carbon deposited by smoke emited by fire made of wood, charcoal, or cow-dung is to be rubbed with half a tola of sulphur, purified with the juice of bhringaraja, and made into a kajjali or black powder which is to be subjected to bhavana with the juice of each of the following, in succession:—leaves of nirgundi, manduka-parni, kesharaja, grisma-sundara, aparajita, somaraji, and red chitraka leaves. Pills are then to be made of the size of a mustard seed, each. Seven such pills are to be taken with mastu of curd. This medicine cures diarrhoea, acute and chronic. Diet, boiled rice with curd.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment for chronic diarrhea (35): Ama-parpati 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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