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 (161): Bhuta-bhabana rasa
Juices of kantakari, nirgundi, and putikaranja are to be kept in an earthen pot which is to be subjected to a mild heat, powdered sulphur being thrown upon the juice, while so heated. When the sulphur melts, an equal quantity of mercury is to be thrown upon it. When both mixed together, the pot is quickly to be removed from the oven, and the mercury and sulphur rubbed to form a black powder. One rakti of this black powder, mixed with six raktis of powdered jira and six raktis of rook salt, is to be taken with a betel leaf. A little after taking this medicine, the patient is to drink the following:—hot water in sannipatika fever, sugar dissolved with water in vomiting, old molasses in mucus, goat’s milk in consumption, decoction ef the roots of kutaja in diarrhoea attended with bleeding, and the juice of urumbara in vomiting of blood. This medicine is a curer of all the diseases, and is an increaser of longevity. It revives consciousness even at the last stage of the disease.
Conclusion:
This concludes ‘Treatment for fever (161): Bhuta-bhabana 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.