Ashtangasamgraha 36.11

36.11

[Puncture the vein] beneath the tongue of one whose tongue has its tip raised and bitten; / on the palate and root of the teeth of one whose mouth is wide open; / in the case of neck veins, one should apply restraint above the breasts; / on the abdomen and chest, of one whose chest is expanded and head raised; / on the flanks, of one hanging suspended by his arms; / on the penis, of one whose penis is erect; / on the pelvis, back, and shoulders, of one seated with raised back and head bent down; / in viśvācī and sciatica, of one comfortably seated with unbent elbow and knee, with fists clenched with hidden thumbs, and having bound the vein of the hand four finger-breadths above the site to be punctured with a strip of cloth or the like; / likewise, having positioned one foot properly placed and set the other foot slightly flexed on top of it, pressing with both hands from below the knee joint down to the ankle, and having bound it as before, one should puncture the vein of the foot; / and here and there one should apply restraint having devised it by various means.