Astanga Hrudaya

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अतियोगाच्च भैषज्यं जीवं हरति शोणितम् । तज्जीवादानमित्युक्तमादत्ते जीवितं यतः ॥ ३२ ॥

Due to excessive administration or over-purification (atiyoga), the medicine drains the vital, life-supporting blood (jīvaṃ śoṇitam). This dangerous complication is termed jīvādāna (the draining of life-blood), as it literally takes away the life (jīvitam) of the patient.

english translation

atiyogAcca bhaiSajyaM jIvaM harati zoNitam । tajjIvAdAnamityuktamAdatte jIvitaM yataH ॥ 32 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript