When the body burns from pox, a vein is opened and blood is let out.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- मसूरिका के दाह में सिरामोक्षण
- English
- Venesection for burning in pox
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Bloodletting by opening a vein.
शिरामो़ाण कर रक्र निकालना चाहिए
Indicated for, as the text says
- Burning sensation (daha)(विदाह / भयंकर दाह)
- Pox disease (masurika)(मसूरिका)
Therapies involvedBloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षण
तदुद्धवोद्धूतविदाहतापिते शिराशच व्यधवाv रुधिरं प्रमो़ायेत्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 18 · p. 386 · v. 46.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
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- Content type
- Procedure
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- Chapters
- Chapter 18
- Extraction tasks
- T19
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