Sushruta Samhita · Chapter 1.10

athāto viśikhānupraveśanīyamadhyāyaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ //

yathovāca bhagavān dhanvantariḥ //

adhigatatantreṇopāsitatantrārthena dṛṣṭakarmaṇā kṛtayogyena śāstraṃ nigadatā rājānujñātena nīcanakharomṇā ṣucinā śuklavastraparihitena chatravatā daṇḍahastena sopānatkenānuddhataveśena sumanasā kalyāṇābhivyāhāreṇākuhakena bandhubhūtena bhūtānāṃ susahāyavatā vaidyena niśikhānupraveṣṭavyā //

tato dūtanimittaśakunamaṅgalānulomyenāturagṛhamabhigamya upaviśya āturamabhipaśyet spṛśet pṛcchecca tribhiretairvijñānopāyai rogāḥ prāyaśo veditavyā ityeke tattu na samyak ṣaḍvidho hi rogāṇāṃ vijñānopāyaḥ tadyathā pañcabhiḥ śrotrādibhiḥ praśnena ceti //

tatra śrotrendriyavijñeyā viśeṣā rogeṣu vraṇāsrāvanijñānīyādiṣu vakṣyante tatra saphenaṃ raktamīrayannanilaḥ saśabdo nirgacchati ityevamādayaḥ sparśanendriyavijñeyāḥ śītoṣṇaślakṣṇakarkaśamṛdukaṭhinatvādayaḥ sparśaviśeṣā jvaraśophādeṣu cakṣurindriyavijñeyāḥ śarīropacayāpacayāyurlakṣaṇabalavarṇavikārādayaḥ rasanendriyavijñeyāḥ pramehādiṣu rasaviśeṣāḥ ghrāṇendriyavijñeyā ariṣṭaliṅgādiṣu vraṇānāmavraṇānāṃ ca gandhaviśeṣāḥ praśnena ca vijānīyāddeśaṃ kālaṃ jātiṃ sātmyamātaṅkasamutpattiṃ vedanāsamucchrāyaṃ balamantaragniṃ vātamūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ pravṛttyapravṛttī kālaprakarṣādīṃśca viśeṣān / ātmasadṛśeṣu vijñānābhyupāyeṣu tatsthānīyairjānīyāt //

bhavati cātra /

mithyādṛṣṭā vikārā hi durākhyātāstathaiva ca /

tathā duṣparimṛṣṭāśca mohayeyuścikitsakam //

yāpayet asādhyānnopakramet parisaṃvatsarotthitāṃśca vikārān prāyaśo varjayet //

tatra sādhyā api vyādhayaḥ prāyeṇaiṣāṃ duścikitsyatamā bhavanti / tadyathā śrotriyanṛpatistrībālavṛddhabhīrurājasevakakitavadrubalavaidyavidagdhavyādhigopakadaridrakṛpaṇakrodhanānāmanātmavatāmanāthānāṃ ca evaṃ nirūpya cikitsāṃ kurvan dharmārthakāmayaśāṃsi prāpnoti //

bhavati cātra /

strībhiḥ sahāsyāṃ saṃvāsaṃ parihāsaṃ ca varjayet /

dattaṃ ca tābhyo nādeyamannādanyadbhiṣagvaraiḥ //