[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) › 12.44 # Ashtangasamgraha 12.44 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 12.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.44) rase pāke ca kaṭukaṃ kaphaghnaṃ maricaṃ laghu | śleṣmalā svādu śītārdrā gurvīṃ snigdhā ca pippalī || mṛdu vyapetarājīkaṃ nābhyāṃ spṛṣṭaṃ ca sarpati || > Black pepper is pungent in taste and post-digestive effect, destroys kapha, and is light. > Pippalī, when fresh, increases śleṣman, is sweet, cool, heavy, and unctuous; > it is soft, devoid of stripes, and when touched at the navel, it moves about. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.43) - [Next: 12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.45) - [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.12.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.44) · Pramāṇa