[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) › 255 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 255 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 255 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.255) tailaṃ sva-yoni-vat tatra mukhyaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ vyavāyi ca | tvag-doṣa-kṛd a-cakṣuṣyaṃ sūkṣmoṣṇaṃ kapha-kṛn na ca || 55 || > \[Sesame\] oil is like its source \[plant\]; among them it is chief, sharp, and swiftly permeating; / it causes skin diseases, is bad for the eyes, minute, hot, and does not produce phlegm. \[55\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 254.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.254.v) - [Next: 256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.256) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.255) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.94) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.255) · Pramāṇa