[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) › [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt) › 256 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 256 English (machine translation) 256 - **Language:** English ### [256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.256) it is sufficient for nourishing the thin and for reducing the corpulent; it binds faeces, destroys worms, and by processing it conquers all diseases. ### [256.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.256.v) \[Variant reading:\] Through processing, it conquers all humours. ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.5.155.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.256) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.256) · Pramāṇa