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AH-Su-Chapter 27: Siravyadha Vidhi सिराव्यध विधि / Venesetion (Blood Letting)

Sira means vein, Vyadha means puncturing  Shuddharakta Laksana- Features of pure blood:- मधुरं लवणं किञ्जित् अशीतोष्णमसंहतम् पद्मेन्द्रगोपहेमाविशशलोहितलोहितम् १ लोहितं प्रभवः शुद्धं तनोस्तेनैव च स्थितिः Slightly sweet and salt in taste neither cold nor hot, resembling the colour of lotus, Indragopa insect, gold, blood of sheep and rabbit - are the characteristic properties of pure blood; It is the cause of origin of the body, by it, is determined the condition of body as healthy or unhealthy. 1-1 ½ Effect of vitiated blood – Dushtaraka Karma - तत्पित्तश्लेष्मलैः प्राये दूष्यते कुरुते ततः विसर्पविद्रधिप्लीहगुल्माग्निसदनज्वरान् मुखनेत्रशिरोरोगमदतृड्लवणास्यताः कुष्ठवातास्रपित्तास्रकट्वम्लोद्गिरभ्रमान् शीतोष्णस्निग्धरूक्षाद्यैरूपक्रान्ताश्च ये गदाः सम्यक्साध्या न सिद्ध्यन्ति ते च रक्तकोपजाः Blood usually gets vitiated by Pitta and Kapha. It produces  diseases such as Visarpa- Herpes, Vidradhi – Abscesses, Pleeha – Disease of the spleen, Sple...