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How many kinds of leeches does the text describe, and which one is not used on people?

पाठ में जोंक के कितने भेद बताए गए हैं और कौन सी मनुष्यों पर प्रयुक्त नहीं होती?

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Study question (generated from the text)

Twelve, six poisonous and six non-poisonous; the savarika is used only for animals such as elephants and horses.

Detailed answer

The poisonous ones are krishna, karbura, alagarda, indrayudha, samudrika and gochandana, whose bites cause swelling, blisters, burning, fever, vomiting and fainting; the non-poisonous are kapila, pingala, shankhamukhi, mushika, pundarikamukhi and savarika.

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Chapter 21
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T23
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