Ashtangasamgraha 1.34
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.34
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1.34
tatrādyā mārutaṃ ghnanti trayastiktādayaḥ kapham |
kaṣāyatiktamadhurāḥ pittamanye tu kurvate ||
tataḥ prajāsthāpanākhyā daśauṣadhīḥ śirasā dakṣiṇena ca pāṇinā dhārayet |
etābhiśca siddhaṃ payo ghṛtaṃ vā pibet |
etābhireva puṣye puṣye snāyāt sadā ca samālabheta |
tathā sarvāsāṃ jīvanīyānāmauṣadhīnāṃ sadopayogastaistairvidhānairiti garbhasthāpanāni ||
pañcamūlena mahatā kaphārto yavasādhitām ||
prāgudakśirasaḥkuryāt bālasyajñānavānbhiṣak ||
Among them, the first three destroy vāta; the three beginning with bitter destroy kapha;
astringent, bitter, and sweet pacify pitta; the others produce it.
Then she should wear on her head and right hand the ten herbs called fetus-stabilizers,
and she should drink milk or ghee prepared with these.
With these very [herbs] she should bathe at each Puṣya constellation and always anoint herself.
Likewise, the constant use of all life-giving herbs through various preparations—these are the fetus-stabilizers.
One afflicted with kapha [should drink gruel] cooked with barley and the great pañcamūla.
The knowledgeable physician should place the head of the infant toward the east or north.
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- Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit