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ว่านหางเสือ
Wan Hang Suea
Tiger-Tail Waan
Ritual purpose
Protection from ghosts/spirits and various forms of khun-sai.
Botanical
Likely the snake-plant complex: Sansevieria trifasciata Prain (Asparagaceae), local name ลิ้นนาคราช. The occult source (SaimHerbal 108 list) gives only name/purpose, not botany, so the ID is likely rather than fully proven.
Origin / legend
No origin story found; the tiger-tail name appears descriptive/zoomorphic.
Consecration method (ปลุกเสก)
No specific method found in blog/forum sources. A Facebook group post gives a concrete anti-sorcery procedure: if a person is harmed or "ถูกคุณ" (struck by sorcery/khun-sai), bring the bulb and recite the katha — "ว่านนี้สามารถกันได้" (this waan can protect against it).
Katha (คาถา)
อุปคุตโตมหาเถโรมหาเถรังยังยังชาติตังลวหุระวะการัง
upakhutto maha thero maha therang yang yang chatitang lawa hura wa karang
Invokes Upagutta Mahathera (a revered protective elder figure) in a protective formula; exact Pali/Sanskrit reconstruction uncertain — the source text appears phonetic/garbled.
Application
No occult application method found in blog sources; if the botanical ID is correct, commonly grown/kept as an ornamental succulent. Facebook sources add: bring the bulb to an afflicted person and recite the katha.
Taboos / restrictions (ข้อห้าม)
- None found.
A Pantip thread under the related name ลิ้นมังกร preserves an adjacent household-protection belief (the alias หอกพระอินทร์ — "Indra's spear" — used for warding outside danger), and a Palungjit waan-library thread gives another synonym lane, ว่านหางเสือ(ว่านลาย). Neither fully confirms the ลิ้นนาคราช/Sansevieria identification for this exact occult entry; treat the snake-plant identity as plausible but unresolved. The Upagutta katha is Facebook-snippet-sourced only.
Sources
Demonstrations & transcripts