snake-stones
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A snake-stone, also known as a '''viper's stone, snake's pearl, black stone, serpent-stone, or nagamani''' is an animal bone or stone used as folk medicine for snake bite in Africa, South America, the Indian subcontinent and Asia.
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Vinony's link graph records 14 inbound references to snake-stones, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, Indian subcontinent and digital object identifier.
It is catalogued under topics including Alternative detoxification, Antidotes and Snakes.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Material used
- bone
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- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- medical condition treated
- snakebite
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A snake-stone, also known as a '''viper's stone, snake's pearl, black stone, serpent-stone, or nagamani''' is an animal bone or stone used as folk medicine for snake bite in Africa, South America, the Indian subcontinent and Asia.
The World Health Organization states that it has no effect on snake-bites, bearing in mind that most snake-bites are from non-venomous snakes. They state that traditional medicines and other treatments such as wound incision or excision, suction, or application of "black stones" should be avoided.
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