Ashtangasamgraha 8.9

8.9

The poisoner, on the other hand, terrified and anxious from suspicion of his own guilt,

sweating and trembling,

with a dry and pale mouth,

looks around everywhere with agitation and confusion;

especially at the place where the poison was applied by him.

Likewise, with his upper garment slipping down, he hides himself behind pillars, walls, and the like;

with a faltering gait, miserable, ashamed, laughing out of place, even when questioned he gives an incoherent reply;

or wishing to speak, he becomes confused;

he cracks his knuckles,

touches his neck,

scratches his head,

licks his lips,

yawns,

scratches the ground,

hurries in his actions,

behaves in reverse,

and does not stay in his own place.

Accompanied by blood, extremely foul-smelling, and accompanied by thirst, fainting, sweating, and burning sensation.

Or milk drunk with dry ginger, yogurt, and coriander, or with an equal part of water.

Expressed juice, paste, decoction, cold infusion, and hot infusion;

these are successively more potent than the subsequent ones.

Ground with the bile of a monitor lizard, mongoose, cat, and hare,

one should employ them in nasal drops, anointing, and sprinklings, as destroyers of seizure afflictions.