[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) › [Hārītasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt) › 4.6.3 # Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 4.6.3 English (machine translation) 4.6.3 - **Language:** English ### [4.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.4.6.3.p2) Between the elbows of the arms one should bind the vein. ### [4.6.3.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.4.6.3.p4) Leaving four finger-breadths \[from\] the sides of the navel, one should bind the vein. ### [4.6.3.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.4.6.3.p5) At the foot, one should bind the vein at the ankle. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.4.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.4.6.3) · Pramāṇa