[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) › 12.34 # Ashtangasamgraha 12.34 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 12.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.34) kṣāraḥ sarvaśca paramaṃ tīkṣṇoṣṇaḥ kṛmijillaghuḥ | pittāsṛgdūṣaṇaḥ pākī chedyahṛdyo vidāraṇaḥ | apathyaḥ kaṭulāvaṇyācśukraujaḥkeśacakṣuṣām || bhidyate pacyate cāntraṃ tacchidraiśca sravan bahiḥ || nirindhano 'ntaraṃ labdhvā yathainaṃ na vipādayet || striyāḥ kṣīre chagalyā vā mṛditaṃ netrasecanam || > And every alkali is exceedingly sharp, hot, destroying worms, and light; / corrupting pitta and blood, digestive, excising, non-pleasing to the heart, tearing, / unwholesome for semen, vital essence, hair, and eyes because of pungency and saltiness. > The intestine is pierced and suppurates, and discharging outward through its perforations. > So that, having found an opportunity when deprived of fuel, it does not destroy him. > Rubbed with woman's milk or goat's milk, it is used for irrigating the eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.33) - [Next: 12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.35) - [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.12.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.34) · Pramāṇa