The 35-year-old woman, named as Devendri, was out collecting wood for her fire when a snake bit her on the hand in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, northern India.
She ran home to tell her husband, Mukesh, and the pair decided to call a local snake charmer called Murarey, who suggested his bizarre treatment may succeed in sucking out the poison.
The 35-year-old woman, named as Devendri (pictured), was out collecting wood for her fire when a snake bit her on the hand in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, northern India
the snake that reportedly bit Devendri while she was out gathering wood near her village
A local snake charmer who suggested his bizarre dung treatment may succeed in sucking out the poison