A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.425.4

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just like semen is collected and ejaculated by friction, snake venom is collected in the hook81-like fangs in a state of anger and cannot be emitted without lowering them (3.28–29);82 sprinkling (pariṣeka) with cold water is indicated in poisoning by hot and sharp substances; sudation is, however, not contraindicated in poisoning by kīṭas with slow-acting and not very hot poisons; poisoning by kīṭas with strong poisons should be treated like cases of snake-bite (3.30–32ab); the flesh of animals killed by a poisoned arrow or the bite of a poisonous animal should not be eaten, except when consumed within a muhūrta and the area of the injury is excluded, because the poison spreads from the site of injury to all the other parts of the body (3.32cd–35ab); the symptoms of someone who has taken poison; the heart of such a person cannot be consumed by fire, because it is pervaded by the poison (3.35cd–37);83 signs indicating a fatal outcome in cases of snake-bite (3.38–44).84