Poison itself is life giving, pacifying the three doshas, promoting and rejuvenating if used properly. It is said that after purification treatment, the same poison becomes deprived of its all demerits & only purified 'visha' should be used in the therapeutic formulation. Ayurveda involves the use of drugs obtained from plants, animals and mineral origin. Shodhana process is the only bridge between visha and medicine. Vatsanabha, Bhallataka, kuchala, vacha and Gunja etc are some interesting

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... ples of toxic plants, in which Aconite, Bhilawanols, Strychnine, B-Asarone, abrin etc. which are some of the toxic elements are present. The present article is studied after specific discussion and understand the scientific basis of the alternative use of toxic plants as medicine after Shodhana (purification process).