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1. SNUHI
CHAITHANYA
3rd YEAR BAMS
MIAMS

2. INTRODUCTION
 Snuhi is a Drastic Purgative
 One among the UPAVISHA
 Categorised under STHAVARA VISHA
 It has 600 varieties like Tridhari, Chaudhari
etc..
 Charakacharya has divided into
Alpakantaka
Bahukantaka ( superior )
 Latex is usually collected at the end of winter
from a plant which is 2 to 3 years old

3. BASONYM OF DRUG
 TYPE OF POISON :- Irritant poison
 BOTANICAL NAME :- Euphorbia nerifolia
 FAMILY :- Euphorbiaceae

4. VERNACULAR NAMES
 English : common milk hedge
 Hindi : sehund
 Kannada : kalli gida
 Malayalam : illakalli
 Marathi : nevagunda

5.  Samamta dugdha
 Sehunda ksheera
 Sudha ksheera
 Snuhi dugdha
 Sudha dugdha
GANA VARGIKARANA
 CHARAKA : Virecana dravya
 SUSRUTHA : Symadi gana
 BH.PR.NI : Guducyadi varga
SYNONYMS

6. MORPHOLOGY
 A large branched shrub or small tree with pairs of
stipular spines on fubercles
 LEAVES – fleshy ( present in rainy season )
Involucres yellowish, 3-7 in cyme
 FRUITS – 3 compartment capsules
sharply 2 lobed & compressed
 FLOWERS – yellowish
 SEED – flat
 PART USED – ksheera, mula, kanda, patra
 TOXIC PART – an acid, milky juice exuded from
stem

7. LEAVES
FRUITS
FLOWERS

8. RASA PANCHAKA
 RASA : katu
 GUNA : snigdha, teekshna
 VEERYA : ushna
 VIPAKA : katu
 DOSAKARMA : vatakapha samaka
 KARMA : virecana, dipana, gulmanasaka,
kusthaghna, jwaraghna, visagna

9. PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION
 Purgative
 Hepatoprotective
 Anti – inflammatory
 Insecticidal
ROGAGHNATA
 Udarasula
 Admana
 Gulma
 Unmada
 Jwara

10. TOXIC CHEMICAL
CONSTITUENT
 Euphorbin
 Nerifoliol
 Nerifolene
 Calcium malate
 Euphol

11. CALCIUM MALATE
 Chemical formula : C4H4Ca05
 Slightly soluble in water
 It is the calcium salt of malic
acid
 As a food additive
MODE OF ACTION
 It is an effective anti inflammatory agent
 It is also used to treat conditions caused by low calcium levels such
as bone loss, weak bones
 Decreased activity of parathyroid gland
 In adults it effectively promotes the consolidation and maintenance of
bone mass

12. TOXIC EFFECT
 Latex of Sunhi is found to be powerful contact poison but
weaker as a stomach poison
 Latex can cause blindness and severe illness
 Produces excruciating pain and severe inflammation if get
into cut on skin or eyeball
 Produces severe burning sensation when applied on skin
 If consumed, over dose may cause vomiting and
diarrhoea
 Blood mixed stool may be seen
ANTIDOTE
 Milk or Ghee

13. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
A) EXTERNAL APPLICATION
 When applied to skin, produces vesication
 When dropped into eye, it produces inflammation
and may affect the eye sight
B) INTERNAL APPLICATION
 Acts as irritant causing vomiting, diarrhoea,
convulsions and coma
 It is also used for criminal abortion

14. FATAL DOSE -
 A teaspoonful of juice
 Used as Teekshna Virecana
FATAL PERIOD -
 3 Days
 Half an hour to 2 hours

15. PURIFICATION METHOD
 2 Pala of Sunhi is taken along with 2 Tola of
filtered Chinca Patra Swarasa in a clean
wide mouthed container
 The vessel is placed under sun and dried
until the watery content is evaporated

16. TREATMENT
 Stomach wash
 Administration of drug based on symptoms
 According to Ayurveda, patient can be
given with Navaneeta + Siga, Uncooked
milk of Mahisha, Cold water can be given

17. POSTMORTEM APPEARENCE
 Not specific and characteristic
 Gangrenous patches in stomach
 Spleen may be found in a rotten condition

18. MEDICO LEGAL IMPORTANCE
 Used for criminal abortions
 Rarely used for homicidal purpose
 Juice is poured into eyes as a punishment
for infidelity
 Accidental poisoning is uncommon

19. YOGAS
 Snuhi ksheera ghrita
 Mahamarichadya taila
 Snuhyadi varti
 Vajra ksara

20. EYES OF A PERSON WHO
ACCIDENTALLY COME IN CONTACT
WITH SNUHI KSHEERA
Moderate lid edema, Conjunctival congestion with inflamed tear duct
After half hour of exposure to Euphorbia nerifolia

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