Medicated ghee cooked with curd, milk, a decoction of eight drugs and a paste of five drugs, drunk to pacify rat poison quickly.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मूषिकविषघ्न घृत
- Hindi
- मूषिक विषघ्न घृत
- English
- Mushika-vishaghna ghee (rat poison ghee)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | दधि / दही | एक प्रस्थ (64 तोले) · one prastha (64 tola) |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | पयस् / दूध | एक प्रस्थ · one prastha |
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | सर्पि: / घृत | एक प्रस्थ · one prastha |
| Snuhi (milk hedge)थूहर (स्नुही) | वज्र / सेहुंड | Not stated |
| Arka (calotropis)आक (अर्क) | अर्क, अलर्क / अकैवा, सफेद आक | Not stated |
| Gojihvaगोजिह्वा | गोजी / गोजिव्हा | Not stated |
| Aragvadha (golden shower)अमलतास (आरग्वध) | नृपतरु / अमलतास | Not stated |
| Kutaja (kurchi)कुड़ा (कुटज) | कुटज / कूडा | Not stated |
| Kantakari (yellow-berried nightshade)छोटी कटेरी (कंटकारी) | व्याघ्रिका / कटैली | Not stated |
| Karanja (Indian beech)करंज (करञ्ज) | नक्रमाल / करंज | Not stated |
| Wood apple (kapittha)कैथ (कपित्थ) | कापित्थ / कैथ | Not stated |
| Niliनीली | नीली / नील | Not stated |
| Trikatu (three pungents)त्रिकटु (सोंठ, मिर्च, पीपल) | त्रिकटुक / सोंठ, मिरच, पीपल | Not stated |
| Haridra (turmeric)हल्दी (हरिद्रा) | रजनी / हलदी | Not stated |
| Katuki (kutki)कुटकी (कटुकी) | रोहिणी / कुटकी | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A decoction of snuhi, arka, white arka, gojihva, aragvadha, kutaja, kantakari and karanja (four parts) and a paste of equal parts of kapittha, nili, the three pungents, turmeric and kutki are cooked by rule with one prastha each of curd and milk into one prastha of ghee.
एक प्रस्थ (64 तोले) दही, एक प्रस्थ दूध, सेहुंड, अकैवा, सफेद आक, गोजिव्हा, अमलतास, कूडा, कटैली, करंज इन अैषधियों से सिद्द क्वाथ चार भाग अर्थात् चार प्रस्थ
How it is used
The ghee is drunk.
इस घृत को पीने से शीघ्र ही मूषिकविष (चूहे के विष) शमन होता है।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Rat bite poison (mushika visha)(मूषकाणां विषं)
Quantities are reported exactly as the source states them. They are historical measures, not dosage advice.
पक्वं सर्पिर्विषघनं शमयति सहसा मूषकाणां विषं च॥ 137॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 439 · v. 137.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse gives one prastha each of curd, ghee and milk; the commentary names one prastha of curd and of milk and one prastha of ghee to be cooked.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T21
- Record id
- formulation_mushika_vishaghna_ghrita_p511