Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मूषिका
- Hindi
- मूषिका
Ayurvedic properties
Only the qualities the text states are listed. The claims below give each statement with its source.
- Actions
- Vishaghna
What the text says
Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.
Other1
A footnote describes mūṣikā as hairy and black like a rat, and a verse quoted from another text says it has the same virtue as ajaruhā.
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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Organs and systems mentioned
3Topics of the text that discuss it
1Course sessions
1Where else is this mentioned?
Named 7 times on 4 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 411Chapter 19×4… कर उपशमन करना चाहिए। क्षितिपतिरात्मदक्षिणकरे परिबंध्य विषं। क्षपयति मूषिका२जरुहामपि चान्नxगतं॥ हृदयमिहाभिरक्षितुमनास्सपिबेत्प्रथमं। घृतगुडमिश्रि …
- Book page 483Chapter 21… का, गोचंदना ये छह विषयुक्त जोंकों के भेद हैं। कपिला, पिXला, शङ्‰मुखी, मूषिका, पुंडरीकमुखी, सावरिका ये छह निर्विष जोंकों के भेद हैं। आगे इनका लक्षण …
- Book page 485Chapter 21… ्तपगिंलतनु: पगिांनना पगिंला। या घंटाकृतिमूषिकाप्रभवपुगँधा च सा मूषिका॥ या शीघ्रं पिबतीह शीघ्रगमना दीर्घातिती़णानना। सा स्याच्छङ्‰मुखी यकृि …
- Book page 486Chapter 21… कर्मचिकित्साधिकार: 486 जिसके शरीर का वर्ण व गंध चूहे के समान है, उसे “मूषिका” नामक जलैंक कहा है। जो रक्त वगैरह को जल्दी-जल्दी पीता है व जल्दी ही च …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- An herb tied on the right hand against poison (remedy_mushika_p483_1); not the rat-bite poison.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Herb
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 4
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T20
- Record id
- ingredient_mushika