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...
Treatment for fever (167): Digambara rasa
Equal quantities of mica rasasindura, powderd jira, copper, and seeds of dhutura are to be mixed together and subjected to bhavana with the juice of each of the following, in succession:—leaves of basaka, kantakari leaves a malaki, musta and guruchi. The compound is then to be rubbed with water and made into pills, one rakti in weight, each. This medicine cures all sorts of visama-jvara, enlargement of spleen and liver, vomiting, hemeptosis, vatarakta, chronic diarrhoea, asthma, cough, aversion to food, colic hiccough, and piles.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (167): Digambara 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.