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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 22 - Treatment for enlargement of spleen and liver (21): Lokadhisha rasa

One part of mercury and two parts of sulphur are to be rubbed together to form a black powder or kajjali, with which is to be mixed one part of mica, ail of these being rubbed together with the juice of kanya. The compound is then to be rubbed with two parts of copper and the same quantity of iron, and rubbed with the juice of kakamachi, made into a lump, and dried. A crucible is then to be made of two parts of sulphur and two parts of incinerated cowri-shells rubbed with lime juice. The lump is then to be put inside the crucible, the mouth of which is to be closed. This crucible is then to be put in an earthen basin covered by another, the joint of the basins being cemented by means of a paste, made of mud, ashes, salt, and water. The puta, thus prepared, is to be dried in the sun, and heated by means of Gajaputa. When cooled by radiation of heat, the medicine is to be taken out and powdered. Dose, six raktis, each, to be taken with cow’s urine, mixed with any one of the following:�(a) honey and powdered pippali, (b) molasses and powdered haritaki, (c) molasses and powdered black jira, the quantity of the powders in (a), (b), and (e) being six raktis each.

This medicine cures enlargement of spleen and liver, swelling due to anemia, asthila, kamathi (enlargement of spleen covering the belly in the shape of a tortoise), pratyasthila, kansya crora (peritonitis), agramansa (growth of a piece of flesh in the region lying between the spleen and the liver), colic, fistula, dullness of the digesting heat and cough.

Conclusion:

Rasasastra category This concludes ‘Treatment for enlargement of spleen and liver (21): Lokadhisha 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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