[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) › 252 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 252 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 252 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.252) rūkṣaṃ kaṣāya-madhuraṃ tat-tulyā madhu-śarkarā | uṣṇam uṣṇārtam uṣṇe ca yuktaṃ coṣṇair nihanti tat || 53 || > dry, astringent-sweet; honey-sugar is equal to it. > \[Honey that is\] hot, taken by one distressed by heat, in hot weather, or combined with hot things, kills. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.251) - [Next: 253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.253) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.252) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.5.146.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.252) · Pramāṇa