[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) › 319 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 319 Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 319 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [319](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.319) malānulomanī pathyā peyā dīpana-pācanī | vilepī grāhiṇī hṛdyā tṛṣṇā-ghnī dīpanī hitā || 29 || > it directs the waste products downward, is wholesome, and stimulates the digestive fire and digests \[undigested food\]. / Thick gruel is bowel-binding, pleasing to the heart, destroys thirst, stimulates digestive fire, and is beneficial // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 318](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.318) - [Next: 320](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.320) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.319) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.6.87.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.41) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Dravyaguṇasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.dravyaguna.dravyagunasamgraha.13.6) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.319](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.319) · Pramāṇa