[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) › 12.27 # Ashtangasamgraha 12.27 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 12.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.27) saidhanvaṃ tatra sasvādu vṛṣyaṃ hṛdyaṃ tridoṣanut | laghvanuṣṇaṃ dṛśaḥ pathyamavidāhyagnidīpanam || śraddadhāno 'nukūlaśca prabhūtadravyasaṅgrahaḥ || pāṇḍutvamūrcchācchardībhirdāhamohaiśca saṃyutam || māṃsopacitamāṃsatvāt paraṃ ca balavardhanāḥ || likhettenaiva patraivā śākaśephālikādijaiḥ | phenena toyarāśervā picunā pramṛjannasṛk || > Rock salt among them is slightly sweet, aphrodisiac, pleasing to the heart, destroying all three doṣas, / light, not hot, wholesome for vision, non-burning, and stimulating the digestive fire. > Full of faith, compliant, and possessing an abundance of gathered supplies. > Accompanied by paleness, fainting, vomiting, burning sensation, and stupor. > Because their flesh is nourished by flesh, they are exceedingly strength-increasing. > One should scrape \[it\] with that very \[instrument\] or with leaves born of the teak, śephālikā, or the like, / or with cuttlefish bone, wiping away the blood with a swab. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.26) - [Next: 12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.28) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.12.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.27) · Pramāṇa