[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Ashtangahridayasamhita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) › 16 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 16 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.16) kaṣāya-tikta-madhurāḥ pittam anye tu kurvate | śamanaṃ kopanaṃ svastha-hitaṃ dravyam iti tri-dhā || 16 || > astringent, bitter, and sweet \[destroy\] bile; the others produce it. > Substance is threefold: pacifying, aggravating, and beneficial for the healthy. || 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.15) - [Next: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.16) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.1.59.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.34) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Āyurvedadīpikā (Carakatātparyaṭīkā) (ed. Yādavjī Trikamjī Ācārya, 1981 printing)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka!cakrapani*jadavji.1.1.41.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.16) · Pramāṇa