Ashtangasamgraha 35.3

35.3

tāstu dvividhāḥ saviṣā nirviṣāśca |

tatra duṣṭāmbusarpamaṇḍūkamatsyādiśavakothamūtrapurīṣajā raktaśvetātikṛṣṇatanusthūlacapalapicchilāḥ sthūlamadhyaromaśāḥ śakrāyudhavadvicitrordhvarājīcitā vā saviṣāḥ |

taddaṃśāddāhaśophapākakaṇḍūpiṭakāvisarpajvaramūrchaśvitrotpattiḥ |

tatra viṣapittaraktaharāṃ kriyāṃ kurvīta |

padmotpalasaugandhikādisugandhivimalavipulasalilaśaivālajāḥ śaivālaśyāvā nīlordhvarājayo vṛttāśca nirviṣāḥ ||

śyāmāsuradāru samaṅgākośātakīpunarnavasarṣapairvā ||

Now, they are of two kinds: poisonous and non-poisonous. / Among them, those born in decomposed corpses, urine, or feces of poisonous water snakes, frogs, fish, and the like; which are red, white, extremely black, slender, thick, agitated, slimy; thick in the middle, hairy, or marked with variegated upright stripes like Indra's bow—are poisonous. / From their bite, there is the arising of burning sensation, swelling, suppuration, itching, pustules, erysipelas, fever, fainting, and leukoderma. / In that situation, one should perform treatment that removes poison, pitta, and blood. / Those born in broad, pure waters fragrant with lotuses, water lilies, and white water lilies, and in moss; which are moss-colored, greyish, marked with blue upright stripes, and round—are non-poisonous; / or with śyāmā, suradāru, samaṅgā, kośātakī, punarnavā, and mustard.