Rat poison carried in the semen, teeth and nails of many kinds of rats.
Also described as
Footnotes on the five carriers of rat poison and on the karnika mark.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मूषकविषआखुविष
- Hindi
- मूषक विषचूहे का विषचूहे का काटनाचूहे का जहर
- English
- Rat bite poisonrat bite poisoning
- Romanized
- mushika visha
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Definition1
A footnote defines karnika as a mark shaped like the seed-pod at the centre of a lotus.
Classification1
A footnote quotes another treatise: rat poison is of five kinds, through semen, faeces, urine, nails or teeth, and concludes that the semen carries the most poison.
Causes2
Rats are said to have fierce poison in their semen, and there are many kinds of them.
A footnote warns against thinking poison is only in the semen: the teacher's own words 'by teeth and nails' show that it is in the nails and teeth as well.
Signs and symptoms1
Where the semen falls, where something touched by it touches, or where teeth or nails wound, the blood is spoilt and produces edged marks, severe swelling, pimples, round patches, lumps, fainting, great thirst, high fever and pains from all three doshas.
Other1
Many kinds of rats are said to carry poison in their semen.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Categories
- Poisons
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T20, T21
- Record id
- condition_mushika_visha