[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) › 248 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 248 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 248 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.248) vṛṣyāḥ kṣīṇa-kṣata-hitā rakta-pittānilāpahāḥ | matsyaṇḍikā-khaṇḍa-sitāḥ krameṇa guṇa-vat-tamāḥ || 49 || > Aphrodisiac, beneficial for the emaciated and wounded, and dispelling bleeding disorders and wind, > matsyaṇḍikā, granulated sugar, and white sugar are progressively superior in quality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.247) - [Next: 249](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.249) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.248) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.5.134.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.83) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.248) · Pramāṇa