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Which means of bloodletting do some teachers match to each dosha?

कुछ आचार्य प्रत्येक दोष के लिए रक्त निकालने का कौन सा साधन बताते हैं?

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A horn for blood vitiated by vata, leeches for pitta and a gourd with fire in it for kapha.

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Others say no such order is needed and any suitable means may be used for any dosha; a footnote explains that a lamp is kept inside the gourd, otherwise it draws no blood.

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