Ashta Bairavam

 

Drugs:

 

1.

Purified Mercury

...

1 Part

2.

Purified Sulfur

... 

1 Part

3.

Purified Corrosive sublimate

...

1 Part

4.

Purified Calomel

...

1 Part

5.

Purified Cinnabar

...

1 Part

6.

Purified Aconite

...

1 Part

7.

PIPER NIGRUM, PIPER LONGUM, ZINGIBER OFFICINALE

...

1 Part

8.

MYRISTICA FRAGRANS

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1 Part

9.

 

MYRISTICA FRAGRANS - Mace

...

1 Part

10.

SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM

...

1 Part

11.

Purified CROTON TIGLIUM

...

5 Parts

12.

CITRUS RETICULATA - juice

...

Sufficient Qty

13.

Breast milk

...

Sufficient Qty

14.

LIPPIA NODIFLORA - juice

...

Sufficient Qty

15.

WEDELIA SINENSIS - juice

...

Sufficient Qty

16.

ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA - juice

...

Sufficient Qty

 

Process:

 

             Grind 1 and 2, then add 3 to 5 and continue grinding. Then add 6 to 11 and grind into a very fine mass. To this add 12 and grind for 6 hours. Similarly grind with 13 for 6 hours, with 14 for 3 hours, with 15 for 3 hours and with 16 for 3 hours. Bring to pill rolling consistency and roll  into 100mg. pills.

 

Indications: 

 

              Given to children with breast milk or honey in all types of fevers, and with clove decoction in toxaemia. If purgation is excessive give lime juice or butter milk to stop purging.

 

Dosage:

 

              1 pill. Only once a day preferably in the morning with suitable adjuvants.