In udara arising from the liver or spleen, after the patient has eaten plenty of curd, the vein in the middle of the right arm (for the liver) or of the left arm (for the spleen) is pierced while the spleen is pressed with the hand.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- यकृत्-प्लीहोदर में सिरावेध
- English
- Venesection in liver and spleen udara
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Curd (dadhi)दही (दधि) | अतिदधिप्रभोजिनम् / खूब दही | Not stated |
How it is used
The vein in the middle part of the right arm in yakridudara, or of the left arm in plihodara, is opened while the spleen is massaged.
रोगी को खूब दही खिलाकर यकृदुदररोग में दाहिने हाथ के, प्लीहोदर में बायें हाथ
Indicated for, as the text says
- Liver enlargement (yakridudara)(यकृत् / यकृदुदर)
- Splenic enlargement (plihodara)(प्लिहा / प्लीहोदर)
Therapies involvedBloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षण
यथाक्रमात्तां व्यधयेद्विमर्दयन्। प्लिहां करेणातिदधिप्रभोजिनम्॥166॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 11 · p. 190 · v. 166.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Supervision flag: bloodletting.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 11
- Extraction tasks
- T09
- Record id
- method_siravedha_yakrit_pliha_p262