[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) › 257 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 257 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 257 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.257) sa-tiktoṣaṇam airaṇḍaṃ tailaṃ svādu saraṃ guru | vardhma-gulmānila-kaphān udaraṃ viṣama-jvaram || 57 || > Castor oil is bitter, pungent, sweet, laxative, and heavy; / \[it cures\] scrotal enlargement, phantom tumours, wind, phlegm, abdominal disease, and irregular fever, \[57\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 256.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.256.v) - [Next: 258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.258) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.257) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.97) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.257) · Pramāṇa