Wan Phrai Pluk Sek

Ritual purpose

Fortune/abundance/prosperity; removing khun-sai and driving out spirits; cure-all herbal medicine; protection, exorcism, klaew-klaad, khongkraphan.

Botanical

Zingiber sp.; like yellow plai (ไพลเหลือง) but with white variegated streaks on green leaves. Modern sources call it ไพลด่าง, ว่านฤาษีสร้าง. Botanical/contextual evidence points to "ไพล" (plai, ginger) rather than "ไพร" (forest/spirit), though the W0 spelling "ไพร" is widely attested.

Origin / legend

Old masters regarded it as ordinary plai consecrated by a hermit, after which it propagated widely with miraculous white leaf streaks, becoming a "ของกายสิทธิ์" — a real source-attested legend, though from popular/news retellings rather than critical history.

Consecration method (ปลุกเสก)

For invulnerability: eat the rhizome after consecrating with the katha 3 times. To drive out spirits/undo black magic: grind with liquor, drink and apply. For klaew-klaad: recite Itipiso 3 times and carry it. For a hard-body method: pound with liquor and recite a separate formula 108 times. For anti-khun-sai: recite a Karaniya Metta excerpt 9 times, pound the rhizome, dissolve in rainwater, apply and drink. Light incense/candles and recollect the empowering hermit before any healing operation.

Katha (คาถา)

• นะโมพุทธายะ นะมะพะทะ จะพะกะสะ

  namo buddhaya, na-ma-pha-tha, cha-pha-ka-sa

  A Buddha/Five-Buddha seed formula followed by protective syllables.

• กอออนออะ นะอะกะอัง

  ko-o no-a, na-a ka-ang

  Syllabic esoteric formula for a 108-recitation hard-body preparation; gloss uncertain.

• เมตตัญจะสัพพโรกัสมิง...

  mettan-cha sappha-ro-katsaming...

  Excerpt from the Karaniya Metta Sutta, used to counter sorcery; recite 9 times.

Application

Eat rhizome; grind with liquor and drink/apply; grind with rainwater, apply to body and drink expressed water; carry as protection; plant at home for fortune.

Taboos / restrictions (ข้อห้าม)

• Light incense/candles and recollect the empowering hermit before any healing operation.

What the videos say

• The speaker names Wan Phrai Pluk Sek as a plant used to drive away spirits, ghosts, unseen things, khun sai, and evil dangers, and advises viewers to research before ingesting any plant. The clip gives protective use only; no katha, consecration method, or lineage is preserved. [video @ 1m02s]

Sources

• BanVanThai, "ว่านไพลปลุกเสก"
• DailyNews, "ฮือฮา! พบไพลด่าง 'ว่านฤาษีสร้าง'"
• Banmuang, "ฮือฮา! พบว่านไพลด่างปลุกเสก"