[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt) › 35.6 # Ashtangasamgraha 35.6 English (machine translation) 35.6 - **Language:** English ### [35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.35.6) In that context, one should observe the proper application and other signs just as in venesection, / and apply counter-measures. / From the evacuation of vitiated blood, there is relief of swelling and alleviation of burning, redness, and pain. / One should not extract \[blood\] vitiated by raktapitta with a bottle-gourd or a cupping glass on account of the contact with fire; but one may extract that vitiated by vāta and kapha. / Likewise, \[one should not extract blood vitiated\] by kapha with a horn because it is clotted; / but one should extract that vitiated by vāta and pitta. / Then, having scarified the body part, one should suck \[the blood\] out with a horn whose edge is wrapped with a fine cloth layer; / similarly with a bottle-gourd or a cupping glass containing a burning wick inside. / And here are verses: / A warm paste should be applied consisting of amṛtā, neem seeds, bhārṅgī, śyonāka, bāṇa, tālapatrī, kṛṣṇagandhā, and agaru pounded with milk; / and various unctuous, sudorific, and poultice applications prescribed for diseases of vāta. / If it does not subside in this way, then venesection \[should be performed\]. - [Previous: 35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.35.5) - [Next: 35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.35.7) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.35) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.42.5) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.35.6) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.35.6) · Pramāṇa