Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 4.6.3
English (machine translation) 4.6.3
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4.6.3
In all head diseases, and in the middle fold of the nostril,
the excellent physician should always carefully let blood.
4.6.3.p1
In the middle of the forehead, leaving [a space of] two finger-breadths above the eyebrows, one should open the vein.
4.6.3.p2
Between the elbows of the arms one should bind the vein.
4.6.3.p3
At the wrist-joint, leaving [a space of] four finger-breadths from the base of the thumb, one should bind the vein.
4.6.3.p4
Leaving four finger-breadths [from] the sides of the navel, one should bind the vein.
4.6.3.p5
At the foot, one should bind the vein at the ankle.