After oleation and sudation and proper restraint, the chosen vein is seen and held, punctured clearly with a suitable instrument, and the vitiated blood is let out in a stream; when a little vitiated blood remains, the restraint is removed and the vein is bound to stop the flow. Even vitiated blood is not to be removed in excess, and what remains is pacified with shamana medicines.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- सिराव्यधशिराव्यध
- Hindi
- शिराव्यध (नस से रक्त निकालना)
- English
- Venesection (siravyadha)
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Puncture of a vein with a suitable instrument after preparation.
उचित शस्त्र को लेकर स्फुटरूप से व्यधन करके दुष्ट रक्र को अच्छी तरह निकालना चाहिए।
पहले शिराव्यध से रक्र निकालने योग्य रोगी को, अच्छी तरह स्नेहन, स्वेदन कराकर, योग्य रीति से यंत्रित कर (बाँधकर)Source wording as converted, Chapter 21 · p. 491 · v. 58-59.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Caution in the text: Even blood vitiated by the doshas is not to be let in excess; the vitiated blood left in the body is to be pacified with shamana medicines.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
Questions and answers
What harm does the text say comes from letting too much blood from a vein?
Vata disorders, wasting, breathlessness, cough, hiccup, anaemia, insanity, heat in the head and even quick death.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 21
- Extraction tasks
- T23
- Record id
- method_siravyadha_p563