[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) › 25 # Ashtangahridayasamhita 25 English (machine translation) 25 - **Language:** English ### [25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.25) In short, medicine is twofold: purification and pacification. For the humours born in the body, the supreme medicine in order || 25 - [Previous: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.24) - [Next: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.26) ## Commentaries (1) - [Sarvāṅgasundarā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya!arunadatta.1.1.107.1) — Aruṇadatta, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.25) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya~en-mt.25) · Pramāṇa