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Herb
Mushika
मूषिका
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.
Remedy
Mushika and ajaruha tied on the right hand
दाहिने हाथ में मूषिका व अजरुहा बाँधना
The king ties the herbs mūṣikā and ajaruhā on his right hand; the text says any poisoned food or other article touched with that hand becomes free of poison.
Formulation
Mushikakarnadi preparation
मूषिककर्णादि योग
Rali and vidanga powder stirred into mushikakarni juice and cooked with ghee is eaten; the text says it destroys worms.
Topic
Mushikakarnadi preparation
मूषिककर्णादि योग
Powder of rali (uncertain) and vidanga is stirred into the juice of mushikakarni, cooked with ghee and eaten to destroy worms.
Condition
Rat bite poison (mushika visha)
मूषक विष (चूहे का विष) · मूषकविष
Rat poison carried in the semen, teeth and nails of many kinds of rats.
Formulation
Mushika-vishaghna ghee (rat poison ghee)
मूषिक विषघ्न घृत · मूषिकविषघ्न घृत
Medicated ghee cooked with curd, milk, a decoction of eight drugs and a paste of five drugs, drunk to pacify rat poison quickly.
Herb
Mushikakarni
मूसाकानी · मूषिककर्ण
Topic
Signs of the pingala, mushika and shankhamukhi leeches
पिंगला, मूषिका और शंखमुखी जोंक के लक्षण · पिंगला, मूषिका, शंखमुखी लक्षण
The pingala is round, with a red and tawny body and a tawny mouth; the mushika is bell-shaped, with the colour and smell of a rat; the shankhamukhi drinks blood quickly, moves fast, has a…
Topic
Ghee that destroys rat poison
मूषक विषघ्न घृत · मूषिकविषघ्न घृत
One prastha of ghee is cooked by rule with one prastha each of curd and milk, four parts of a decoction of snuhi, arka, white arka, gojihva, aragvadha, kutaja, kantakari and karanja, and a…
Topic
Signs of rat poison
मूषक विष के लक्षण · मूषिकाविषलक्षण
Rats of many kinds are said to carry fierce poison in their semen. Where it falls, where something touched by it touches, or where their teeth or nails wound, the blood is spoilt and edged…
Topic
Treatment of rat poison
मूषक विष की चिकित्सा · मूषिक विष चिकित्सा
Those bitten by rats are given emesis and purgation according to the provoked dosha with aragvadha, madanaphala, ankola and koshataki; afterwards a powder of kushtha, nili, kantakari, white…
Herb
Tarumushika (tree mushikakarni, per the commentary)
वृक्ष जाति की मूसाकानी · तरुमूषिक
Animal product
Musk (kasturi)
कस्तूरी
Herb
Mushkaka
मोखा · मुष्कक
The commentary renders mushkaka as mokha, one of the plants burnt for the alkali against stone.
Glossary entry
मूषक
तरुमूषक
हिन्दी: तरुमूषक, वृक्ष जाति की मूषाकानी · मराठी: वृक्षपर्णौदुर
Topic
Alkaline water
क्षारोदक
Whole barley plant, patala, bilva, kantakari, whole sesame plant, palasha and bhadraka (nut grass) are burnt to ash, which is stirred into water and filtered; cinnamon, vidanga, tarumushika…
Formulation
Alkaline water (ksharodaka)
क्षारोदक (क्षार जल) · क्षारोदक
Ash of barley, patala, bilva, kantakari, sesame, palasha and nut grass is steeped in water and filtered; the alkaline water, with cinnamon, vidanga, tarumushika fruit and cardamom, is drunk…
Ingredient
Leech
जोंक · जलौका
Leeches are called jalaukas because water is their home (oka) and jalayuka because water is their life (ayu); they are also called jaluka, words that grammarians derive by the prishodaradi…
Topic
Names of the leech and its kinds
जलौकस शब्द की निरुक्ति और जोंक के भेद · जलौकस शब्द निरुक्ति व उसके भेद
Leeches are called jalaukas because water is their home and jalayuka because water is their life, and also jaluka. There are twelve kinds: six poisonous and very painful, krishna, karbura,…