Cited as an example of poison used as medicine in poison-induced udara: a paste of the roots of kakadani, ashvamaraka and gunja is to be given.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- काकादनी, अश्वमारक और गुंजा की जड़ का कल्क (विषोदर में)
- English
- Root paste of kakadani, ashvamaraka and gunja for poison-induced udara (unnamed)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Kakadaniकाकादनी | काकोदनी (काकोदन्यश्व) | Not stated |
| Karavira (oleander)कनेर (करवीर) | अश्वमारक (श्व मारक, split across lines) | Not stated |
| Gunja (rosary pea)घुंघची (गुंजा) | गुंजा | Not stated |
Preparation as described
A paste is made of the roots.
काकोदन्यश्व मारकगुंजा-मूलकल्कं दापयेत्।
How it is used
To be given, as a case of taking poison; no dose is stated.
मूलकल्कं दापयेत्।
Indicated for, as the text says
काकोदन्यश्व मारकगुंजा-मूलकल्कं दापयेत्।Source wording as converted, Appendix: Hitahita · p. 608.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
- Toxic plants; recorded only as the text states it. काकोदन्यश्वमारक is read as काकोदनी (mapped to kakadani, uncertain) and अश्वमारक (karavira).
Quick facts
- Content type
- Remedy
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Appendix: Hitahita
- Extraction tasks
- T29
- Record id
- remedy_gunja_p680_1