Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c9.47

c9.47

On the 14 bandages in Suśruta see § 78. According to AS, AHr there are 15 kinds of bandages named after their form. On the buttocks (*bandha*), axillary cavity, sides, upper part of thigh and on the head a tight bandage should be tied; on the arms and legs, face, ears, neck, penis, scrotum, back, sides, belly and the breast a medium tight bandage should be tied; on the eyes and on joints a loose bandage should be tied. Bandages should not be used in the case of lepary skin-diseases, wounds caused by burning, diabetic-carbuncles, wounds caused by cauterization or by poison and similar cases ( AS 1.38; AHr 1.29, cf. Su 1.18 ).