A Kunbi of Malia, while digging a pit for storing corn, found a large vessel filled with costly coins guarded by a snake. He killed the snake and secured the vessel.[65]
There are many practices in vogue to render the poisonous bite of a snake ineffective.
If the man bitten by a snake be bold, he cuts off the bitten part.
Some have the bitten part branded.
Those who have no ulcer in the mouth suck the poison, and spit it out.
The powder of the fruit of the Nol Vel is also administered with water.
Sometimes emetics and purgative medicines are given.
A mixture of pepper and clarified butter is also believed to be efficacious.[66]
Other remedies for the cure of snake bite, are as follows:—
The patient is made to wear a cotton thread in the name of Charmālia Nāg, Sharmalia Nāg, or Vasangi Nāg, and certain observances, as stated above, are promised to the snake deity.[67]