Ashtangahridayasamhita 1.1.113: Sarvāṅgasundarā

1.1.113.1

cikitsitasya rogopaśamalakṣaṇasya, pādacatuṣṭayamaṅgacatuṣṭayamuktam| pratyekaṃ taccaturguṇamevaṃ ṣoḍaśaguṇaṃ cikitsitaṃ bheṣajaṃ bhiṣajo bhāṣante| bhiṣagvaidyaḥ, tasya prādhānyādagre nirdeśaḥ| tathā cāgamaḥ (carake sū.a.9/10)- "yoktā prayoktā śāstā ca pradhāno bhiṣagatra tu||" tathā saṅgrahe+api (sū.a.2)- "yadvaidye viguṇe pādā guṇavanto+apyanarthakāḥ| sa pādahīnānapyārtān guṇavān yacca yāpayet|| cikitsāyāstamevātaḥ pradhānaṃ kāraṇaṃ viduḥ|" dravyāṇyauṣadhāni| upasthātā paricārakaḥ| rogī āturaḥ| etatpādacatuṣṭayaṃ nirdiṣṭamācāryeṇa|