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Charak Samhita

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पाननस्याञ्जनालेपाः सर्वशोथविषापहाः । चन्दनं तगरं कुष्ठं हरिद्रे द्वे त्वगेव च ॥१९१॥

pounded with water and used for internal administration (pana), in snuff, collyrium and paste counteracts all poisonous edema. [Chandanadi formulation] Chandana (Santalum album), tagara (Valeriana wallichii), kushta (Saussurea lappa), haridra (Curcuma longa), daruharidra (Berberis aristata), twak (Cinnamomnm zeylanicum),

english translation

मनःशिला तमालश्च रसः कैशर एव च । शार्दूलस्य नखश्चैव सुपिष्टं तण्डुलाम्बुना ॥१९२॥

manashila (realgar (Arsenic disulphide), tamala (Nicotiana tabacum), juice of nagakesara (Mesua ferrea) and shardoolanakha (nail of a jackal)

english translation

हन्ति सर्वविषाण्येव वज्रिवज्रमिवासुरान् । रसे शिरीषपुष्पस्य सप्ताहं मरिचं सितम् ॥१९३॥

pounded with rice water destroys all poisons as Indra’s thunderbolt kills the demons. [Shirishadi nasya and anjana] White maricha (decorticated) impregnated with the juice of shireesha (Albizzia lebbeck)

english translation

भावितं सर्पदष्टानां नस्यपानाञ्जने हितम् । द्विपलं नतकुष्ठाभ्यां घृतक्षौद्रचतुष्पलम् ॥१९४॥

flowers for a week is efficacious in snake bite as snuff, pana (internal administration) and collyrium. [Nata-Kushtha formulation] Tagara (Valeriana wallichii ) and kushtha (Saussurea lappa )- 80gms, ghee and honey- 160gms –

english translation

अपि तक्षकदष्टानां पानमेतत् सुखप्रदम् । सिन्धुवारस्य मूलं च श्वेता च गिरिकर्णिका ॥१९५॥

this potion renders relief even in bites by takshaka (king of snakes). Treatment of darvikara snake bite Sinduvara root (Vitex negundo), shweta (Clitoria ternatia) and girikarnika (Variety of Clitoria ternatia )

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