[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) › 12.32 # Ashtangasamgraha 12.32 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 12.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.32) lavaṇānāṃ prayoge tu saindhavādīn prayojayet | gulmahṛt grahaṇīpāṇḍuplīhānāhagalāmayān || malasaṅgo 'rucicchardirudaraṃ mūḍhamārutam || mārayet syāt sa nā svastho bhukte jīrṇe tu tāmyati | tṛṭkāsadāhamūrcchādyā vyādhayo 'tyagnisambhavāḥ || snehasvedādikastasminniṣṭo vātaharaḥ kramaḥ || > In the application of salts, however, one should employ rock salt and the like; / \[it\] dispels abdominal swelling, diseases of the duodenum, anemia, spleen disease, abdominal distension, and throat afflictions, > retention of stool, anorexia, vomiting, abdominal enlargement, and confused vāta. > It would kill; that man might be comfortable, but when food is digested he languishes; / thirst, cough, burning sensation, fainting, and so forth are diseases arising from an excessively intense digestive fire. > In that case, the regimen that dispels vāta, beginning with oleation and sudation, is desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.31) - [Next: 12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.33) - [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.12.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.32) · Pramāṇa