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Principle
Daily regimen (dinacharya)
दिनचर्या
Topic
Chapter 6 begins (Rasāyanavidhi): section on the daily regimen
षष्ठ परिच्छेद का आरम्भ (रसायनविधि): दिनचर्या अधिकार · अथ षष्ठः परिच्छेदः / अथ दिनचर्याधिकारः
Opening lines of the sixth chapter, whose running head names it Rasāyanavidhi. It opens with the section on the daily regimen: cleaning the teeth, oiling and massage, exercise, rubbing with…
Session
Description of the body and daily regimen
सूत्रव्यावर्णन
Opening line of the third chapter, whose running head and colophon name it Sūtravyāvarṇana. It counts the bones, joints, vessels, muscles, vital points, teeth and other parts and measures…
Principle
Rasayana (rejuvenation)
रसायन
In its survey of the Vedic period the introduction says the story of the sage Cyavana supports a formula (yoga) that restores youth.
Session
Rejuvenation
रसायनविधि
Opening lines of the sixth chapter, whose running head names it Rasāyanavidhi. It opens with the section on the daily regimen: cleaning the teeth, oiling and massage, exercise, rubbing with…
Procedure
Chandramrita regimen in a secluded house
चंद्रामृत सेवन विधि
The regimen for taking chandramrita: a secluded house is built, the drug is drunk alone in its inner chamber, and the person then keeps silent and fasts, drinks cold water, undergoes emesis…
Topic
How killed mercury is taken
मृत रस के सेवन की विधि · मृतरस सेवन विधि
The patient takes killed mercury daily, according to the measure of the doshas, rubbed with gold, in well-boiled milk with jaggery; afterwards woman's milk is given as nasya and the body is…
Formulation
Killed mercury taken with gold, milk and jaggery
मृतरस सेवन विधि · मृतरस
Killed mercury (mrita rasa) rubbed with gold is taken daily by the patient, according to the measure (strength) of the doshas, in well-boiled milk with jaggery; afterwards woman's milk is…
Procedure
The purifying bath
पवित्र स्नान
Bathing is said to give contentment, nourishment, lustre, health and long life, purity and balance of the doshas, to kindle the digestive fire, remove lethargy and sleepiness, calm sin and…