Compound poisons (garavisha)

A poison is called dūṣīviṣa when, from being old and decayed, burnt by fire, struck by lightning, dried in strong sun, exposed to heavy frost and rain, or combined with antidotes, its qualities are almost lost, some of its ten qualities gone or all ten very weak, and it has matured (taruṇa).

When dūṣīviṣa is provoked it is said to cause vomiting, loss of appetite, thirst, fever, burning, breathlessness, cough, intermittent fever, swelling, insanity, diarrhoea and abdominal disease such as ascites.

Different forms of provoked dūṣīviṣa are said to make the body lean or dried up, cause intestinal hernia or scrotal enlargement, excessive sleep, bloating of the abdomen or destruction of semen, and many other dreadful disorders.

A footnote explains the name: this weakened poison, lodged in the body, is roused by unsuitable place, season, food and drink and by wrong conduct such as sleeping by day, and only then vitiates the dhātus, having no power to do so on its own; hence it is called dūṣīviṣa.