Crow

Kaka (Crow) meat is heavy and hot. It pacifies Vata. Described for completeness of the classification. Verses: 28.

• Vatahara (pacifies Vata)

47 Prasaha varga – living beings which catch food by teeth, tear and eat :गोखरा वतरोष ाि व वी प संह वानराः माजारमूषक या व ृकब ुतर वः लोपाकज बुक येनचाषवा तादवायसाः शश नीभासकुररग ृ ोलूककु ल गकाः धू मका मधुहा चे त सहा म ृगप णः Go (cow), khara (ass, donkey), aswatara (mule),ustra (camel), ashwa (horse), dwipi (leopard), Simha (lion), Aruksha (dear), Vanara (monkey), marjala (cat), musaka (rat, mice), Vyaghra (tiger), Vrka (jackal), babhru (large brown mongoose tarksu (hyena), lopaka (fox, jambu

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

य ते म उ काः ोशि त च हंसः ा य काकः ाम वरो भवेत ् टैव त छुकदा यूहसा रकाः खल त, ला नज व जीव य जायते चकोर य अ वैरा यं , कपोतपरभ ृ च वाका जह यसन ू ् ौ च य या मदोदयः उ वे गं या त माजारः, शकृ मु च त वानरः ये मयरू त इ य नं वषव या म दतेजो भवे वषम ् ा वा यजेदेवं यथा तेन वप ये र न प न य नतः ु ज तवः Mriyate Makshikaaha – upon eating such food, bees die Kaakaha kshaamasvaro bhavet – Crow voice becomes depleted Parot, Dathyuha (gallinule bird) and Sarika (Mynah) start hooting at the pois

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Anna Raksha Vidhi

After they become dry, they are placed inside the fire, of wood of Dhava or Dhavana or of dried crow dung and cooked till the balls become fire like red in appearance.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Tarpana Putpaka Vidhi

Those which have their mouth resembling the mouth of Kanka (heron), Simha (lion), Ruksha (bear), Kaka (crow) and other animals and birds should be prepared under the respective names of animals and birds;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Yantra Vidhi

22 अ शयं णसं थाना ग ृह तुं श यते यतः क कभ ृ गा वकुररशरार वायसाननै ः Those which are invisible but can be grasped by instruments, through the wound, should be pulled out by instruments having faces like the Kankha – heron, Bhringa- Shrike, Kurara- osprey, Sharari- a kind of heron and Vayasa –crow.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Shalya Aaharan Vidhi

Madhu (honey), ghee (clarified butter), majja (bone marrow), payas (milk), gairikam (red ochre), gomaya rasa (juice of cow dung), well boiled sugar cane juice or the juice squeezed out of meat of crow should be given to the patient for protecting the heart.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

If the patient appears to be dead because of udbandhana (hanging), poisoning or drowning in water (jalamrita), then the potion comprising kakanda (Canavalia ensiformis), surasa (Ocimum sanctum), gavakshi (Citrullus colocynthis), punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa), vayasi (Solanum nigrum) and fruits of shirisha (Albizzia lebbeck) should be administered in the form of lepa (ointment) along with aupadhi (application of the paste over the head after making incisions in the form of kaakapaada or the paw o

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

If he is free from signs and symptoms of incurability, then incisions should be made on his scalp resembling the paw of the crow (kakapada), and one bilva (nearly 40 grams) of the paste of charmakasha (saptala – Acacia concinna) should be applied over it.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

Moreover flesh with blood of chicken, crow and peacock should be applied on the incised scalp if the bite is below and feet if the bite is above.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 23: Poison Treatment (Visha Chikitsa / विषचिकित्सा)

When Pitta is aggravated, the pulse moves like a sparrow, crow, or frog (jumping, sharp, quick movement).

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Purva Khanda, Chapter 3: Nadiparichha Adividhi (Pulse Diagnosis etc.)

The child sleeps comfortably by day but not at night, passes loose stool, and has a smell resembling that of a crow.

— Sushruta Samhita, Uttara Tantra, Chapter 27: Chapter 27

The latter remedy (Avapida-Nasya) should be applied in the seventh stage as well and the scalp after being shaved in the shape of a Kaka-pada (crow's claw) should also be incised with a small incision.

— Sushruta Samhita, Kalpa Sthana, Chapter 2: Sthavara-Visha-Vijnaniya

Superficial incisions like the marks of crow's feet (Kaka-pada) should be made on the scalp and the affected flesh and blood should be removed.

— Sushruta Samhita, Kalpa Sthana, Chapter 5: Sarpa-dashta-Kalpa-Chikitsitam

The latter remedy (Avapida-Nasya) should be applied in the seventh stage as well and the scalp after being shaved in the shape of a Kaka-pada (crow's claw) should also be incised with a small incision.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sthavara-Visha-Vijnaniya

Superficial incisions like the marks of crow's feet (Kaka-pada) should be made on the scalp and the affected flesh and blood should be removed.

— Sushruta Samhita, Sarpa-dashta-Kalpa-Chikitsitam