ABSTRACT

Agada tantrais one of the eight branches of Ayurveda that deals with toxicology. Many text books dealing with agada tantra (toxicology) written in various regional Indian languages are found. In ancientperiod, many toxicological books were written by eminent scholars of Kerala. As the book is written in the local language malyalam not all interested in understanding traditional aspects of visha chikitsa (toxicology) can understand. Hence an effort is put by few scholars to translate the treatises into English, but many are yet to see the light. Kriya Kaumadi is one of the books written in Malayalam language that has explained in detail about the treatment aspect of visha (poison). The author explains in detail about samanya chikitsa (general treatment modalities of poison) and yogas (formulations for poison) for both animate and inanimate poison. He gives a thorough knowledge about sthavara visha (plant poison), sodhana of metals (purification of poisons), upavisha (plant poison), ratnas (gemstones) and visha chikitsa sampradaya (traditional practices of poison) in Kerala. Keywords: Agada tantra, Kriya Kaumadi, Visha, Sthavara visha, Sodhana
Publication date: 01/06/21

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.6.5488