Antidote for mandali snake poison

A cooling powder of twenty-three drugs soaked in milks and ghee and taken with an equal weight of sugar, said to pacify mandali (pitta-provoking) snake poison quickly.

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: मण्डलिविषनाशक अगद
Hindi: मंडली विषनाशक अगद
English: Antidote for mandali snake poison

Ingredients and preparation

Powder (churna)Taken by mouthChapter 19 · p. 434 · v. 123-124

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Sariva (Indian sarsaparilla)अनंतमूल (सारिवा)	सुगंधिका / सफेद सारिवा	Not stated
Jatamamsi (spikenard)जटामांसी (बालछड़)	यवफल / जटामांसी	Not stated
Grapes and raisins (draksha)मुनक्का और अंगूर (द्राक्षा)	द्रा़ा / मुनक्का	Not stated
Lavanga (clove)लौंग (लवंग)	लवंग	Not stated
Tvak (cinnamon bark)दालचीनी (त्वक्)	त्वच: / दालचीनी	Not stated
Shyama (dark creeper)श्यामलता	श्यामा / श्यामलता (कालीसर)	Not stated
Somalataसोमलता	सोम / सोमलता	Not stated
Shallakiशालई वृक्ष	रसादवा / शÑकी (शालइर्वृ़ा) दवा	Not stated
Saireyaka (porcupine flower)कटसरैया (सैरेयक)	कुरवका / लाल कटसरैया	Not stated
Bilva (bael)बेल (बिल्व)	बिल्व / बेलफल	Not stated
Tamarind (tintidika)इमली (तिन्तिडीक)	आम्लिका / तिंतिडीक	Not stated
Pomegranate (dadima)अनार (दाड़िम)	दाडिमा: / अनार	Not stated
Aparajita (butterfly pea)अपराजिता (कोयल)	श्वेता / अपराजिता	Not stated
Ashmantakaअश्मंतक	अशमंतक / लिसोडा	Not stated
Methika (fenugreek)मेथी (मेथिका)	तालपत्र / मेथी	Not stated
Yashtimadhu (licorice)मुलेठी (यष्टिमधु)	मधुकं / मुलैठी	Not stated
Guduchi (giloy)गिलोय (गुडूची)	कुंडली / गिलोय	Not stated
Chandana (sandalwood)चंदन (चन्दन)	चंदनं / चंदन	Not stated
Kunda (jasmine flower)कुंद	कुंद / कुंदपुष्प	Not stated
Utpala (blue water lily)नीलकमल (उत्पल)	इंदीवर / नीलकमल	Not stated
Nirgundi (five-leaved chaste tree)निर्गुंडी (संभालू)	सिंधुवारक / संभालू	Not stated
Wood apple (kapittha)कैथ (कपित्थ)	कपित्थ / कैथ	Not stated
Langali (glory lily)कलिहारी (लांगली)	इंद्राह्वपुष्पी / कलिहारी	Not stated
Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर)Vehicle or after-drink	Not recorded	Not stated
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)Vehicle or after-drink	Not recorded	Not stated
Sugar (sharkara, sita)शक्कर (शर्करा, सिता)Vehicle or after-drink	Not recorded	समसिता: / सब अैषधियों के बराबर शक्कर · sugar equal to all the drugs together

Preparation as described

All are powdered and kept soaked in all kinds (the commentary: eight kinds) of milk and in ghee; sugar equal to all the drugs is added.

इन सबको चूर्ण कर सर्व प्रकार (आठ प्रकार) के दूध व घी में भिगो के रखें। उसमें सब अैषधियों के बराबर शक्कर मिलाकर उपयोग में लावें तो मंडली सपोँ के विष शीघ्र ही शमन होते हैं

How it is used

Used after soaking in milks and ghee, with an equal weight of sugar; the text does not specify further.

ि़ाप्रं ते शमयंति मणडलविषं कर्मेव धर्मा दश॥ 124॥

Indicated for, as the text says

Snakebite (sarpa visha)(मणडलविषं / मंडली सपोँ के विष)

Effect on the doshas, as stated

Pitta: pacifies

Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.

सफेद सारिवा, जटामांसी, मुनक्का, लवंग दालचीनी, श्यामलता, (कालीसर) सोमलता, शÑकी (शालइर्वृ़ा) दवा, लाल कटसरैया बेलफल, तिंतिडीक, अनार, अपराजिता, लिसोडा, मेथी, मुलैठी, गिलोय, चंदन, कुंदपुष्प, नीलकमल, संभालू, कैथ, कलिहारीSource wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 434 · v. 123-124.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

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