Ghati means Pot and in this procedure bloodletting is done by keeping a Pot with burning candle over the pricked body region.
Indications:-
Kapha – Vata Dushta Rakta
Procedure:-
Pracchana(Pricking) should be done at the region where blood letting should be done.
The Ghati Yantra(Pot) with a burning candle is kept over the pricked region.
This Ghatu Yantra is kept for 10 – 15 min in the pricked region, the burning candle utilizes the air inside and thus creates a Vaccum with –ve Pressure which leads to blood letting.