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### [45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.4) śālaparṇī, arkaparṇī, apāmārga, brāhmī, citraka, and nākulī; / or else kuṣṭha, sappanwood, nakha, joṅgaka, and saffron. ### [45.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.5) From an Agnimukhī spider, a blister with severe pain arises like a fire-burn; / \[the patient\] sweats profusely from the heat of the poison, resembling a fire's flame; ### [45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.6) he has thirst, burning, tremors, fainting, and excessive purge of bile and blood. / In that condition, one should apply \[remedies\] as before with haste, after giving a cautious prognosis: ### [45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.7) Kuṣṭha, lāmajjaka, uśīra, madhūka, licorice, honey, / cooling-potency substances as available, tālīsa, and sārivā. ### [45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.8) From a Pītā spider, there is yellow stool and urine, exudation at the bite, and yellowed vision in the eyes; / \[the patient\] has fainting, vomiting, headache, fever, anorexia, and colic. ### [45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.9) In that condition, kaṭabha, uśīra, muñja, vañjula, padmaka, / bamboo, kāśa, arjuna, kuśa, and the barks of śirīṣa and kiṇihī are desired; / or else wild saffron, kuṣṭha, filament \[of lotus\], and aloe. ### [45.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.10) From a Padmā spider, a blister like a lotus appears; broken or unbroken, it recurs; / it quickly suppurates, oozes hot discharge, and causes severe pain to the touch. ### [45.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.11) In that case, the stalks of lotus and blue water-lily, hima, vetasa, vañjula, / lotus fibers, along with white water-lily, with honey, ghee, and sugar \[are beneficial\]. ### [45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.12) From a Mūtraviṣā spider, the bite is foul-smelling, spreading, and has black blood; / it is accompanied by dyspnea, cough, fever, vomiting, fainting, burning, and dizziness. ### [45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.13) Realgar, orpiment, licorice, madhūka, blue water-lily, sandalwood, / kuṣṭha, lāmajjaka, uśīra, and padmaka are the medicine there. ### [45.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.14) From a Śvetā spider, there is a white pimple at the bite, intensely itching, / causing burning, fainting, fever, pain, spreading erysipelas, and exudation. ### [45.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.15) In that condition, śītarāsnā, cardamom, hareṇu, nala, vañjula, / kuṣṭha, jaṭāmāṃsī, nata, uśīra, priyaṅgu, dhyāmaka, and padmaka are desired. ### [45.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.16) From a Kṛṣṇā spider, the bite is black, smelling of feces, with exudation and swelling; / vitiated black blood is produced; and the medicine there is: / mahāsugandhā, sarpākṣī, tagara, cardamom, and gandhanākulī. ### [45.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.17) From a Pāṇḍurā spider, the bite is swollen, with swelling and heaviness of the face, / fever, vertigo, yawning, and headache; the medicine there is: / root of vāruṇapuṣpā, rocanā, and cow dung juice. ### [45.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.18) From a Raktapadā spider, the bite has pale pimples, is swollen, / and oozes blood; there nalada, uśīra, hrībera, sandalwood, and honey \[are used\]. ### [45.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.19) From a Bhṛṅgā spider, the bite resembles a black bee, and the pimple causes burning and pain; / the body is covered with wheals; there, the recommended treatment is: / pith of aṅkola, priyaṅgu, cow's bile, and misī. ### [45.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.20) From a Piṅgā spider, the bite resembles a fire burn, a blister with profuse discharge, / accompanied by severe swelling, fever, pain, chest distress, burning, and thirst. ### [45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.21) The antidote there is: sugar, gundrā, jasmine, licorice, blue water-lily, / jīvaka, shoots of milky-sapped trees, the two sandalwoods, and nāgakesara. ### [45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.22) From a Trimaṇḍalā spider, the bite is thick and discharges black blood; / there is anorexia, burning of the eyes, and cloudy, weeping vision; ### [45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.23) and the patient's body is covered with various circular patches. / There, root of arka, the two turmerics, surālā, pṛśniparṇī, / wood apple, nākulī, brāhmī, and jyotiṣmatī are a beneficial antidote. ### [45.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.24) From a Pūtigandhā spider, the bite has spreading erysipelas, exudation, and burning; / it resembles an alajī abscess, is painful, and is covered with congested pimples. ### [45.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.25) Bhārṅgī, kaṇṭakārī, neem, pāṭalī, sinduvāra, / dūrvā grass, the two turmerics, and vāsā destroy the poison of Pūtigandhā. ### [45.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.26) From a Vīrā spider, the bite has variegated circular patches, covered with a network of pimples, / accompanied by headache, fever with chills, and aversion to food. ### [45.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.27) The two turmerics, nalada, kuṣṭha, cardamom, inflorescence of holy basil, / and tagara ground with dog's bile destroy the poison of Vīrā. ### [45.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.28) From a Kumudā spider, the bite has burning, blisters, throbbing, and pricking pain; / it discharges slimy fluid, accompanied by dyspnea and throat constriction; / after giving a cautious prognosis, one should perform the generally prescribed course of treatment. ### [45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.29) From an Alaviṣā spider's bite, there are pimples with yellow and red borders / resembling mustard seeds, dryness of the palate, pain, fever, ### [45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.30) vomiting, burning, and shaking of the head; there one should use uśīra with honey, / with ferrous sulfate, hrībera, pippalī, and aerial shoots of the banyan tree. ### [45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.31) From a Raktā spider, the bite has a red border, pale pimples, and fever; / white diarrhea, dyspnea, burning, and exudation with blood; / bark and root from śelu, arjuna, āmrāta, and sinduvāra are recommended. ### [45.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.32) From a Citrā spider, a red pimple at the bite is extensive, firm, / spreading with pain in the joints, heat in the head, fever, and swelling; ### [45.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.33) when broken, it turns black, with yellow discharge, forming a large wound; / in that case, kuṣṭha, nalada, śirīṣa, nala, and reṇukā are desired. ### [45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.34) And from a Santānikā spider, there is colic at the bite, agitation, tears, / menorrhagia, and convulsions; there \[one uses\] filaments \[of lotus\], bark of milky-sapped trees, / and roots of mango, sinduvāra, and aśmantaka. ### [45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.35) From a Vāruṇī spider, a dark-blue pimple resembles a lac drop in the center of the bite, / with fever and swelling; there \[one uses\] rocanā and the two turmerics. ### [45.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.36) The bite of a kasanā spider has stripes, headache, dyspnea, and cough; / it exudes cold, slimy blood; there, the remedy indicated for blood \[vitiation should be used\]. ### [45.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.37) The bite of a kākāṇḍī is pale-red, extremely painful, and causes loss of memory; / \[it brings on\] hiccup, dyspnea, thirst, fainting, somnolence, convulsions, and heart disorders. ### [45.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.38) The bite of an eṇapadā, being red within, has the appearance of a black sesame seed; / it is accompanied by burning, stupor, erysipelas \[resembling\] fire, thirst, vomiting, dyspnea, and cough. ### [45.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.39) The bite from a lājavarṇā is foul-smelling, dusky-grey, severely painful, and accompanied by bleeding; / it arises with fever with chills, and has burning, fainting, and diarrhea. ### [45.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.40) The bite of a vaidehī resembles a burn from fire and is intensely painful; / it is deep-seated, accompanied by fever, severe stupor, and pain in the chest. ### [45.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.41) The bite of a jālinī is covered with upward stripes, and has severe swelling and pain; / it bursts open with violent thirst, dizziness, dyspnea, stiffness, and stupor. ### [45.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.42) The bite of a mālāguṇā is red, smells of smoke, and has intense pain; / it bursts on the flanks, covered with various agitated circular patches. ### [45.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.43) Internal burning, external coldness, abdominal distension, dysuria, / fainting, delirium, diarrhea, and fever: these bring about the end of life. ### [45.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.44) The bite of a sauvarṇikā is swollen, discharges \[fluid\], and smells like fish; / \[it causes\] pain in the head and eyes, fever, cough, thirst, swelling, vomiting, and dizziness. ### [45.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.45) Even for the incurable ones, having given a grave prognosis, one should quickly apply beneficial \[treatment\] / according to the particular aggravation of the doṣas, avoiding incision, cauterisation, and the like. ### [45.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.46) Among them, kapilā bites on the nose; agni bites on the collarbone; / pītā, however, on the cheeks; padmā on the right shoulder, and then on the armpits. ### [45.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.47) The lūtā with toxic urine \[bites\] on the chin; śvetā on the chin; kālikā in the eye; / pāṇḍurā on the right shoulder; raktapadikā on the hands; ### [45.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.48) bhṛṅgā would bite on the left flank; piṅgalā would bite on the left shoulder; / trimaṇḍalā on the abdomen; pūti on the back; but vīrā on the right ### [45.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.49) arm; kumudikā on the navel; the one named alasā on the left shoulder; / raktā on the throat; but citrā on the forehead; santānikā on the lips; ### [45.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.50) mecakā on the head; kasanā on the hands and armpits; / kākāṇḍī and eṇī on the chest; lājavarṇā between the breasts; ### [45.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.51) vaidehī at the arm joints; jālinī spider at the outer corner of the eye; / the one called mālāguṇā on the neck; and sauvarṇī at the base of the ears. ### [45.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.52) Thus are their fixed locations; however, spiders whose poison is exceedingly virulent / also dwell in other locations, like exceedingly powerful kings. ### [45.52\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45.52_1) Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter. ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.156.4) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.45.1) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.45) · Pramāṇa