The rotting foul flesh of the wound is removed, the spoilt blood drawn out by applying leeches, the patient purified and treated with cold decoctions of milky-sap trees (the verse: sprinkled with them), and cold poison-destroying drugs ground in their own decoction or juice are applied to the wound with a cloth bound over it.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- विषसंयुक्तव्रणचिकित्सा
- Hindi
- विषयुक्त व्रण की चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of a poisoned wound
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Panchavalkala (five barks)पंचवल्कल | ़ीरिणां / ़ीरीवृ़ाों से साधित काढे | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Cold poison-destroying drugs are ground well with their own decoction or juice.
विषनाशक शीतद्रव्यों को (उन्हीं के कषाय व रस से) अच्छी तरह पीस कर उस पिnी को वस्त्र के साथ व्रण पर लेप करना चाहिए
How it is used
Leeches, sprinkling with cold decoction and a paste bound on with cloth.
शीतक्वाथै: ़ीरिणां सेचयेत्तम्॥ 115॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Wound from a poisoned weapon (digdhaviddha)(विषाढच्यव्रणार्त:)
- Wounds and ulcers (vrana)(कंटकोत्ी़णतो / ती़ण कंटक से उत्पौा व्रण)
उसमें जौंक लगाकर दुष्ट रक्र को निकालना चाहिए। एवं विष्ौले व्रण पीडित मनुष्य का शोधन करके उसे शीत अैषधों से सिद्द वा ़ीरीवृ़ाों से साधित काढे से सेवन करना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 19 · p. 431 · v. 115-116.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 commentary says the same treatment applies to wounds from sharp thorns and to poison with predominant pitta; the commentary continues on PDF 504.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
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- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 19
- Extraction tasks
- T21
- Record id
- method_vishavrana_chikitsa_p503