Made for Gujarati life in the UK.Draft translation of claims made by the source. This is unverified historical material, not treatment advice.
Rubbing turmeric on the bite of any poisonous insect and applying it slightly warm will relieve the pain. By tying an onion on the sting of a scorpion, the poison is released. Applying honey on scorpion sting reduces inflammation and removes venom. If you are bitten by a scorpion, rubbing dried ginger in water and smelling it will remove the venom of the scorpion. By repeatedly washing the stinging part of the scorpion with salt water and putting a drop of slightly salted water in both the eyes, the venom of the scorpion is removed. Drinking betel juice with sugar removes scorpion venom. After rubbing the tamarind paste in water until it turns white, the whitened paste is applied to the sting of the scorpion and absorbs the poison and on its own “falls down and releases the venom of the scorpion.
Applying lemon juice on mosquito or ant stings relieves pain. If bitten by a lizard, the poison is cured by applying mustard oil and ash. Applying lime on mosquito bites relieves the pain. If the stomach is bitten, the pain will be cured by rubbing the rind in radish juice. When bitten by a snake, drink ten to twenty tola (original units) of pure ghee, then after fifteen minutes drink as much fresh water as you can drink, the poison will come out by vomiting. If you have been bitten by a monkey, paste onion and salt on the wound to relieve pain. If you are bitten by a snake or scorpion, applying crushed garlic on the bite and taking two spoonfuls of garlic juice and licking it gives immediate relief and removes the poison.
(hives? Making kalathi raab with jaggery and drinking it and taking laxatives at night cures hives.