[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) › [Ashtangasamgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › 1.33 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.33 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.33) rasāḥ svādvamlalavaṇatiktoṣaṇakaṣāyakāḥ | ṣaḍ dravyamāśritāste ca yathāpūrvaṃ balāvahāḥ || tadvadgauradaṇḍamapāmārgaṃ jīvakarṣabhakau śaṅkhaṣuṣpīmadhyadaṇḍāṃ sahacaraṃ nagnajitamagnijivyāmaṣṭau vā vaṭaśṛṅgāni śālipiṣṭasya ca pacyamānasyoṣmāṇamāghrāya tadrasaṃ dehalyāṃ sthitā pūrvavannāvayet || siddhāṃ jvarātisāryamlāṃ peyāṃ dīpanapācanīm || bījenānena matimānanyānapi ca kalpayediti || viṣamākṣaramakrūraṃ vispaṣṭārthaṃ manoramam | sukhodyaṃ dīrghavarṇāntamāśīrvādābhidhānavat || > Sweet, sour, saline, bitter, pungent, and astringent: > these are the six tastes residing in a substance, and each preceding one brings greater strength than the subsequent. > Likewise, having smelled the vapor of cooking rice flour and white-stalked apāmārga, jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, the central stalk of śaṅkhapuṣpī, sahacara, nagnajit, and agnijihvā, or eight banyan shoots, a woman standing on the threshold should administer that juice through the nose as before. > \[One should administer\] a sour gruel cooked \[with drugs\] that kindle the digestive fire and digest \[undigested matter\] to one suffering from fever with diarrhea. > Using this guiding method, the wise physician should also design other \[prescriptions\]. > Consisting of an uneven number of syllables, not harsh, clear in meaning, charming, > easy to pronounce, ending in a long syllable, and possessing the name of a blessing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.32) - [Next: 1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.34) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.33) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.15) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.33) · Pramāṇa