[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) › 1.34 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.34 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 1.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.33) - [Next: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.35) - [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.1.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.16) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.34) · Pramāṇa