The poison should be removed completely without leaving any residue from the site of bite, by applying medicines, because such a residue either increases again and produces stages of poison or becomes a dushivisha (slow acting poison).
After the elimination of poison, Vata that gets aggravated should be treated with oleation and other Vata mitigating therapies; but avoiding the use of oil, wine, Dolichos biflorus and sours;
Pitta that gets aggravated by treatments which cure Pitta jvara, by use of decoctions and oil enema; Kapha should be treated by decoction of herbs of Aragvadhadi Gana (vide chapter 15 of Sutrasthana) mixed with honey.
Sugarcandy, vaigandhiko – Cleome gynandra, drākṣā – Vitis vinifera, payasyā – Ipomoea paniculata, madhukaṃ – Glycyrrhiza glabra and honey should be consumed (internally), sprinkling with water sanctified by holy hymns, assurances and creating pleasure these treatments should be administered to person suffering from
Sarpangabihata (touched by the snake), and also, ShankaVisha (fear of bite as that of a snake). [Vishadharana: Wearing poisonous herbs] karketanaṃ – Nelumbo nucifera, emerald, diamond, ruby, pearl, cat’s eye,