Empirical knowledge about medicinal plants plays a vital role in primary health care and has a great potential for the discovery of new drug. Ayurvedic Upavisha is very exclusive in its pharmaceutics and therapeutics. Our ancient knowledge suggests that the poison can become a very good medicine if it is administered properly i.e. used in proper dosage, in proper manner and in the proper stage of the diseases. This review is a sincere attempt to summarize the information concerning semi poisonous drugs of Indian system of medicine in respect to their literary survey, modern researches and their wide range of therapeutics.
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