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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 200-203 |
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A brief review on Luta visha (Spider Poison) & its management according to Ayurveda
Swati Sawarkar1, Sonali Chalakh2
1 PG Scholar, Department of Agadtantra Vyavhara Ayurved, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Salod (H) Wardha, Maharashtra, India
2 Professor, Department of Agadtantra Vyavhara Ayurved, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Salod (H) Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Swati Sawarkar
PG Scholar, Department of Agadtantra Vyavhara Ayurved, Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Salod (H) Wardha, Maharashtra
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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More than 40,000 species of spiders have been identified in the world. Spider bites is a common problem among people, however few of them are harmful but delay in treatment can cause death. Since the spider bites are risk full to human, they should be taken seriously, especially in endemic areas. The objective in this review was to study about poisonous spiders and find out treatments of them. Therefore, we collected related articles from PubMed database and Google Scholar. This research article highlights on Luta Visha (spider poison) and its sign & symptoms and Chikitsa as per Ayurvedic classics. Acharya Suhsruta described Luta Visha under Jangama Visha (animate poison) and explained 16 types of luta. In this article an attempt is made to conceptualize spider envenomation according to Ayurveda which will help not only for differential diagnosis of spider bites but also the easy availability of herbal medicine treatment.
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