Such plants and herbs as produce red flowers, as have been scent, and as are prickly, have been laid down in the Atharvans as fit for all acts of incantation for injuring enemies.
ओषध्यो रक्तपुष्पाश्च कटुकाः कण्टकान्विताः। शत्रूणामभिचारार्थमाथर्वेषु निदर्शिताः॥