Ashtangasamgraha 36.8

36.8

śironetrarogeṣu lālāṭyāmupanāsyāmapāṅgyāṃ vā karṇarogeṣu paritaḥ karṇau |

nāsārogeṣu nāsāgre |

pratiśyāye tu nāsālalāṭasthāḥ |

mukharogeṣu jihvauṣṭhahanutālugāḥ |

jatrūrdhvagranthiṣu grīvākarṇaśaṅkhamūrdhagāḥ |

apasmāre hanusandhimadhyagāḥ |

unmādetūro 'pāṅgalalāṭagāḥ |

vidradhau pārśvaśūle ca pārśvakakṣāstanāntarasthāḥ |

caturthake skandhādhogatāmanyatarapārśvāśrayām |

tṛtīyake 'ṃsayorantare trikasandhimadhyagatām |

pravāhikāyāṃ śūlinyāṃ śroṇyāḥ samantāt dvyaṅgule |

nirvṛttopadaṃśaśukravyāpatsu meḍhre |

galagaṇḍaḥ ūrmūlasaṃśritām |

gṛddhrasyāṃ jānusandheruparyadho vā caturaṅgule |

apacyāmindrabasteradhastāt dvyaṅgule |

kroṣṭukaṇīrṣe sakthivātarujāsu ca gulphasyopariṣṭāccaturaṅgule |

ślīpadeṣu yathāsvaṃ vakṣyate |

dāhaharṣacippavātaśoṇitavātakaṇṭakavidārikāpādadārīprabhṛtiṣu pādarogeṣu kṣipramarmaṇa upariṣṭāt dvyaṅgule |

etenetarasakthibāhū vyākhyātau |

viśeṣatastu vāmabhāgābhyantarato bāhumadhye plīhodare |

evameva dakṣiṇe bāhau yakṛdākhye |

tathā kāsaśvāsayorapyādiśanti |

gṛdhrasyāmiva viśvācyām |

bāhuśoṣāpabāhukayorapyeke |

adṛśyamānāsu tvetāsvativṛddhasya vyādheranyavyādhyuktānāmapi yathāsannaṃ vyadhaḥ ||

masūramātrāstadvarṇāstatsaṃjñāḥ piṭakā ghanāḥ ||

In diseases of the head and eyes, [the vein to be punctured is] on the forehead, near the nose, or at the outer corner of the eye; in diseases of the ears, all around both ears; / in diseases of the nose, at the tip of the nose; / but in catarrh, those situated on the nose and forehead; / in diseases of the mouth, those going to the tongue, lips, jaw, and palate; / in tumors above the collarbone, those going to the neck, ears, temples, and vertex; / in epilepsy, those situated in the middle of the jaw joint; / in insanity, however, those going to the chest, outer corners of the eyes, and forehead; / in an abscess and flank pain, those situated between the flanks, armpits, and breasts; / in a quartan [fever], [puncture] the one descending below the shoulder, situated on either flank; / in a tertian [fever], the one between the shoulders situated in the middle of the sacral joint; / in painful dysentery, two finger-breadths all around the pelvis; / in fully developed venereal ulcer and disorders of the semen, on the penis; / in goitre, the one situated at the root of the thigh; / in sciatica, four finger-breadths above or below the knee-joint; / in scrofulous adenitis, two finger-breadths below the indrabasti [vital spot]; / in kroṣṭukaśīrṣa and pains of vāta in the legs, four finger-breadths above the ankle; / in elephantiasis, [the vein] will be mentioned according to its specific condition; / in foot diseases such as burning sensation, hypersensitivity, chilblain, vāta-blood, vātakaṇṭaka, vidārikā, and cracked feet, two finger-breadths above the kṣipra vital spot; / by this, the other leg and arms are explained; / but specifically, on the inner aspect of the left side, in the middle of the arm, in enlargement of the spleen; / likewise on the right arm, in what is called [enlargement of] the liver; / they prescribe similarly for cough and dyspnea as well; / in viśvācī, just as in sciatica; / some [prescribe it] also in wasting of the arm and brachial neuralgia; / but when these are not visible, in a disease that is extremely advanced, puncture may be performed even at [veins] indicated for other diseases, according to proximity. / Firm eruptions the size and color of lentils, having the same name [masūrikā] [arise from kapha and pitta].