Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- हालाहलहलाहल
- Hindi
- हालाहल विष
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms1
Hālāhala poison is said to cause giddiness, laboured breathing and fainting, after which all movement stops.
Safety
- Identity uncertain. The name could refer to more than one plant, so no botanical identity is asserted.
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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Topics of the text that discuss it
2Course sessions
1Questions and answers
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 2 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 415Chapter 19… कर्दमक, वत्सनाभ, मूलक, पुणडरीक, महाविष संभाविष (श्रृंगी विष) मुस्तक, हलाहल, पालक, वैराटक इस प्रकार कंदज विष तेरह प्रकार के होते हैं। यह महावीर भ …
- Book page 416Chapter 19… : मुस्तक विष से मनुष्य का शरीर स्तब्ध, भारी व कंप से युक्ता होता है। हालाहल विष से मनुष्य एकदम भ्रम युक्त होते हुए व श्वास से युक्त और मूचि्र्छत होता …
Questions and answers
Which are the thirteen tuber poisons?
Kālakūṭa, karkaṭaka, sarṣapaka, kardamaka, vatsanābha, mūlaka, puṇḍarīka, mahāviṣa, sambhā (śṛṅgī), mustaka, hālāhala, pālaka and vairāṭaka.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verse number printed yx, read as 43.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Herb
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T20
- Record id
- ingredient_halahala