Ashtangasamgraha 36.18

36.18

tatra phenilamaruṇaṃ śyāvamacchaṃ rūkṣamaskandi kaṣāyānurasaṃ lohagandhi vegasrāvi śītaṃ ca raktaṃ vātāt |

gṛhadhūmāñjanodakakṛṣṇaṃ pītaṃ haritaṃ visraṃ matsyagandhi kaṭutvānmakṣikāniṣṭamauṣṇyādaskandi sacandrakaṃ gomūtrābhaṃ ca pittāt |

kovidārapuṣpagairikodakāpāṇḍu śītaṃ snigdhaṃ skandi ghanaṃ picchilaṃ tantumad vraṇadvārāvasādi lavaṇarasaṃ vasāgandhi ca kaphāt |

dvandvasaṅkīrṇaṃ saṃsargāt |

kaṃsanīlamāvilaṃ durgandhaṃ ca sannipātāt |

śuddhamuktaṃ prāk |

tataḥ srutaraktasya vyadhamanulomamaṅguṣṭhenoparudhya śanaiśśanairyantramapanīyāśvāsayet |

satailaṃ ca plotaṃ sirāmukhe datvā badhnīyāt |

saṃveśayeccainam ||

bhinno vasājyamadhvābhaṃ sravettatrolvaṇonilaḥ ||

There, blood that is frothy, reddish, dusky, clear, dry, non-clotting, with an astringent aftertaste, smelling of iron, flowing in gushes, and cold, is from vāta.
Black like soot or collyrium water, yellow, greenish, foul-smelling, smelling of fish, repulsive to flies because of pungency, non-clotting on account of heat, with glistening oily spots, and resembling cow's urine, is from pitta.
Pale like a kovidāra flower or red-ochre water, cold, unctuous, clotting, thick, slimy, thread-like, sinking down at the opening of the wound, salty in taste, and smelling of fat, is from kapha.
Mixed with two kinds [of characteristics] is from a combination of two [doṣas].
Dark-blue like bronze, turbid, and foul-smelling is from a combination of all three.
Pure [blood] has been described previously.
Then, after the blood has flowed, one should close the puncture with the thumb in the normal direction [of hair], remove the ligature very slowly, and comfort the patient.
And placing a piece of cloth soaked in oil over the mouth of the vein, one should bandage it.
And one should have him lie down.
When broken, it discharges [fluid] resembling muscle fat, ghee, and honey; there vāta is aggravated.