A flower and oil to wake up the dead

This one is ingenious. It provides ways to check if your doctor’s diagnosis of death after a snake bite is accurate.

CHENNAI: This one is ingenious. It provides ways to check if your doctor’s diagnosis of death after a snake bite is accurate. If not, it provides a handy solution to revive the ‘dead’ person. The message is being circulated on Whatsapp and claims to be Siddha’s way of healing.


It comforts the reader with the idea that if a doctor pronounces a person who has been bitten by a snake as ‘dead,’ there is a possibility that he is still alive —even if his/her blood circulation has stopped and their heart has ceased to beat. 


One would think this would be followed up by a scientific breakthrough but no, the only things you need to check if a person is ‘dead’ are leaf extracts of the thorn apple flower and oil — both of which are readily available. 


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irst, to check if the patient is alive, pour some oil into one of their ears. If the oil comes out through the other ear, the patient is dead. You can then pat your doctor on the back for an accurate diagnosis. However, if the oil doesn’t flow out of the other ear, then the person is alive. At this point, you could think of ways to cancel your doctor’s license to practice. 


Now that the check is complete, the message goes on to provide the ultimate technique to wake up the ‘dead,’ literally. Take some of the leaves of the thorn apple flower and make it into a runny liquid. Make the ‘dead’ body inhale three to five drops of this liquid and the dead person will be dead no more.


The message also graciously provides for where one can access more such creative and imaginative ways to turn the tables on impossible situations, a Facebook page titled Murugesh KV.

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