If vata has entered the bones, a horn applied to draw blood is said to cure it; alternatively the part is rubbed with the hand, incised, and the vata drawn out through a tube.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शृङ्ग (अस्थिगत वात)
- Hindi
- सींग लगाकर रक्त निकालना
- English
- Horn application for vata in the bones
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 12 · p. 193 · v. 4
How it is used
A horn is applied over the part to draw blood, or the part is rubbed, incised and the vata let out through a tube.
वह वायु अस्थि अवयव में प्रविष्ट हो तो सीग लगाकर रक्र निकालने से वह ठीक
Indicated for, as the text says
- Vata disorders (vatavyadhi)(अस्थिसंश्रित वात / अस्थिगत वात)
Therapies involvedBloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षणSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)
Organs mentionedBones, joints and cartilageअस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि
अस्थिसंश्रितमथावयवस्थं। श्रृंगमाशु जयतीह नियुक्रम्।Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 193 · v. 4.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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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
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- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- method_shringa_p265