[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) › 257 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 257 English (machine translation) 257 - **Language:** English ### [257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.257) Castor oil is bitter, pungent, sweet, laxative, and heavy; / \[it cures\] scrotal enlargement, phantom tumours, wind, phlegm, abdominal disease, and irregular fever, \[57\] - [Previous: 256.v](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.256.v) - [Next: 258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.258) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.257) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.257) · Pramāṇa