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Vamyesha
कवच बीज · वाम्येषा
Vamyesha may be poisonous or not; the footnote says the kind eaten by birds is known to be free of poison, because birds do not eat the poisonous kind.
Formulation
Vamyesha kalpa
वाम्येषा कल्प
A physician who knows poisons carefully selects vamyesha that birds have eaten and that is therefore free of poison, and gives it mixed with milk, ghee and sugar. During the course the…
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Vamyesha kalpa
वाम्येषा कल्प
A physician who knows poisons selects vamyesha (the commentary: kavach seed or talmakhana) that birds have eaten and that is therefore free of poison, and gives it with milk, ghee and…
Question
How does the physician make sure the vamyesha used in its kalpa is not poisonous?
वाम्येषा कल्प में वैद्य यह कैसे सुनिश्चित करता है कि वाम्येषा विषैला नहीं है?
He takes only vamyesha that birds have eaten, since, as the footnote explains, birds do not eat the poisonous kind.