[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) › 12.29 # Ashtangasamgraha 12.29 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 12.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.29) ūrdhvādhaḥkaphavātānulomanaṃ dīpanaṃ viḍam | vibandhānāhaviṣṭambhaśūlagauravanāśanam || śarīrasya tataḥ sthānaṃ śārīramidamucyate || plīhavaddakṣiṇāt pārśvāt kuryādyakṛdapi cyutam || sasnehairjāyate tadvadāhāraiḥ koṣṭhago 'nalaḥ || ūrdhvādhaḥkarṇayordatvā piṇḍīṃ ca yavasaktubhiḥ || > Causing the upward and downward movement of kapha and vāta, digestive-stimulating is viḍ salt; / destroying constipation, abdominal distension, stiffness, colic, and heaviness. > Hence, this section of the body is called 'Śārīra' (The Anatomical Book). > Even the liver, having descended, would act from the right side like the spleen. > In that way, the digestive fire residing in the gut arises through unctuous foods. > Having placed a bolus of barley meal above and below the ears, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.28) - [Next: 12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.30) - [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.12.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.29) · Pramāṇa