A powder of ten herbs mixed in bitter gourd and chalini fruit juice and kept in a horn; the text says snakes, insects and even grahas do not enter the house where it is kept.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- श्वेतादि अगद
- Hindi
- श्वेतादि अगद
- English
- Shvetadi antidote
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Aparajita (butterfly pea)अपराजिता (कोयल) | श्वेता / अपराजिता | Not stated |
| Budharakarnika (unidentified)बूधरकर्णिका | बूधरकर्णिका | Not stated |
| Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)चिरचिटा (अपामार्ग) | किणिही / चिरचिरा | Not stated |
| Shleshmatakaलिसोड़ा | शलेष्मातक / लिसोडा | Not stated |
| Katphala (box myrtle)कायफल (कट्फल) | कट्फल / कायफल | Not stated |
| Kantakari (yellow-berried nightshade)छोटी कटेरी (कंटकारी) | व्याघ्री / छोटी कटेहरी | Not stated |
| Palasha (flame of the forest)ढाक (पलाश) | मेघनिनादिका / पलाश | Not stated |
| Brihati (Indian nightshade)बड़ी कटेरी (बृहती) | बृहतिका / बडी कटेहरी | Not stated |
| Ankola (sage-leaved alangium)अंकोल (ढेरा) | अंकोल | Not stated |
| Niliनीली | नीली / नील | Not stated |
| Katutumbi (bitter bottle gourd)कड़वी तुम्बी (कटुतुम्बी)Vehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
| Chalini (unidentified fruit)चालिनीVehicle or after-drink | Not recorded | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Powdered and mixed well in the juice of bitter bottle gourd and of chalini fruit, then kept in a horn.
इनको चूर्ण करके कडवी तुम्बी व चालिनी के फल के रस में अच्छी तरह मिलाकर सींग में रखें।
How it is used
Kept in the house as a protection.
जिस घर में यह अैषधि रहें, वहाँ सर्प कीट आदि विषजंतु कभी प्रवेश नहीं करते हैं। यहाँ तक कि कोइर् भी ग्रह भी प्रवेश नहीं कर पाते हैं।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Snakebite (sarpa visha)(फणिन: कीटा: (प्रवेश नहीं करते))
- Animal poisons (jangama visha)(सर्प कीट आदि विषजंतु)
यस्मिन्वेशमनि तत्र नैव फणिन: कीटा: कुतो वा ग्रहा:॥ 122॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 433 · v. 122.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
- Verse on PDF 505, commentary on PDF 506. A footnote says this reading is not found in manuscript क (क. पुस्तके पाठोःयं नोपलमयते). The commentary renders मेघनिनादिका as पलाश.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Formulation
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T21
- Record id
- formulation_shvetadi_agada_p505