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 (鈥渢he ocean of Iatrochemistry, or, chemical medicine) is a compendium of Sanskrit verses dealing with ancie...
Treatment for fever (92): Arkamurti rasa
Eight parts of iron, one part of copper, two parts of mercury, and two parts of sulphur are to be rubbed together in the heat of the sun, for three days, with the decoction of chitraka roots. The substance is then to be mixed with one sixteenth its weight of aconite, and subjected to bhavana by the biles of each of the following, in succession:鈥攈og, goat, buffalo peacock, and rohita fish. This medicine is called arkamurti rasa. If this medicine is placed in a copper pot and again subjected to bhavana with lime juice, the five kinds of biles mentioned above, decoction of kantakari, and juice of ginger, it is called 鈥渢ridoshadabanala rasa鈥�. Dose, two raktis each. Accompaniment, honey with powdered trikatu. mixed with decoction of roots of chitraka or ginger juice alone. This medicine may also be used as a snuff, in doses of one rakti each, mixed with a little of shunthi and maricha.
Conclusion:
This concludes 鈥楾reatment for fever (92): Arkamurti rasa鈥� 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.