protection against poison; warding off poison
Refers to measures, charms, or items that protect against poison or venom, often in traditional or folk contexts.
This charm is said to have the benefit of protection against poison.
When going into the mountains, I take a snake-repelling bell as protection against venom.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant with kana for 除け; common in everyday writing.
Compound of 毒 (doku, 'poison') and 除け (yoke, 'warding off', the nominalized stem of 除ける). The spelling 毒除け uses the kanji 除, while 毒よけ is a common mixed kana-kanji variant.