Visha Chikitsa: Difference between revisions

Shveta (Katabhi -Albizzia procera), vaca (Acorus calamus), ashvagandha (Withania somnifera), hingu (Ferula foetida), amrita (Tinospora cordifolia), kushtha (Saussurea lappa), saindhava (rock salt), lashuna (Allium sativum), sarshapa (Brassica campestris), pulp of kapittha (Feronia limonia), tuntuka (Oroxylum indicum), seeds of karanja (Pongamia pinnata), shunti (Zingiber officinale), pippali (Piper longum), marica (Piper nigrum), flower of shirisha (Albizzia labbec), haridra (Curcuma longa), daruharidra (Berberis aristata) and vamshalocana (Bambusa arundinacea) should be taken in equal quantities, and impregnated as well as triturated with goat’s urine, cow’s bile and horse bile alternatively for seven days each.

This collyrium also cures all types of fever, afflictions by evil spirits and graha (supernatural bodies), choleric diarrhoea, indigestion, fainting, unmada (insanity), apasmara (epilepsy), different eye-diseases like kaca, patala and nilika, diseases of the head, other eye-diseases like shushkakshipaka, pilla, arbuda, arma, kandu and tamas, kshaya (consumption), asthenia, alcoholism, anaemia and unconsciousness.

To cure swollen piles, its paste should be applied over the anus. If there is obstructed labour or if the foetus is dead, its paste should be applied in the vagina of women. To cure coryza, its paste should be applied over the forehead. Application of its paste cures vriddhi (enlargement of scrotum), kitibha (a type of skin disease), kushtha (obstinate skin diseases including leprosy), shvitra (leucoderma), vicharchika (eczema), etc.

This recipe which is an antidote of poisons is called gandhahasti. As trees are destroyed by an elephant, so also all the ailments caused by poisoning are cured by this recipe.[70-76]