When insect or spider poison reaches a fierce stage, the poisoned wound is incised with an instrument and the patient treated with great mantras and tantra, as for snake poison.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- दुःसाध्यविषचिकित्सा
- Hindi
- दुःसाध्य कीट विष की चिकित्सा
- English
- Incision and mantras for severe insect and spider poisoning
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 19 · p. 442 · v. 147
How it is used
Incision of the poisoned wound, with mantra and tantra measures.
स्वहिविषमिव साधयस्स्यान्महामंत्रतंत्रै:॥ 147॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Insect poison (kita visha)(बहुविधविषकीटा)
- Spider poison (luta visha)(लूतादिवर्गै: / मकडी आदि)
Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Protective rites and spiritual measuresरक्षा विधान (मंत्र, शांति कर्म)
Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा
इसलिए उसको (विष जन्यव्रण को) शस्त्र से विदारण कर सर्प के विष के समान महामंत्र व तंत्रप्रयोग से साधन करना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 442 · v. 147.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.
Questions and answers
What role does the text give to mantras in snake poisoning?
It says even poisons that medicines cannot remove yield to mantras, so life is first protected with mantras and medicines are applied afterwards.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
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- Procedure
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- Chapter 19
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