[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) › 12.5 # Ashtangasamgraha 12.5 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 12.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.5) punarapi trividhaṃ hetuviparītaṃ vyādhiviparītamubhayārthakāri ca | tatra hetuviparītaṃ gurusnigdhaśītādije vyādhau laghurūkṣoṣṇādi | tathetarasminnitarat | vyādhiviparītam | dvau mūlopakramau laṅghanabṛṃhaṇe | pañca karmāṇi vamanādīni sadhūmadhūpāñjanādīni ca | tathā vimlāpanopanāhanapāṭanādīni || api ca || tenārtāḥ śuṣkatālvoṣṭhāḥ śūnapādakarodarāḥ || grahaṇīdoṣiṇāṃ takraṃ dīpanagrāhi lāghavāt | pathyaṃ madhurapākitvānna ca pittapradūṣaṇam || virecayeccainaṃ trivṛtkvāthavatā triphalākalkena | triphalākvāthayuktena vā brāhmīcūrṇena | candanośīramadhukamṛdvīkāpunarnavabṛhatīmūlasiddhaṃ tailaṃ nāvayet | likhite ca vartmani srutarakte yaṣṭyāhvaniryūheṇa prakṣālanam | candanaśṛtaṃ payaḥ pariṣekaḥ | śītasnigdhāśca śirovaktralepāḥ || > And it is again threefold: contrary to the cause, contrary to the disease, and producing both effects. > > Among them, contrary to the cause is light, dry, hot, and the like in a disease arising from heavy, unctuous, cold, and similar factors; > > likewise the reverse in the other. > > Contrary to the disease: > > The two basic therapeutic measures are fasting and nourishing; > > the five procedures are emesis and the rest, along with smoking, fumigation, collyrium, and so forth; > > likewise softening, warm poultices, incision, and so on. > > Moreover: > > Afflicted by that, with dry palate and lips, with swollen feet, hands, and abdomen, > > for those with digestive disorders, buttermilk is appetizing and astringent due to its lightness; > > it is wholesome because of its sweet post-digestive effect, and it does not vitiate pitta. > > And one should purge this \[patient\] with paste of triphalā accompanied by a decoction of trivṛt, > > or with powder of brāhmī combined with a decoction of triphalā. > > One should administer an errhine of oil prepared with sandalwood, uśīra, madhuka, raisin, punarnavā, and bṛhatī root. > > And when the eyelid has been scraped and has bled, cleansing with a decoction of yaṣṭyāhva; > > affusion with milk boiled with sandalwood; > > and cold, unctuous applications to the head and face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.4) - [Next: 12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.6) - [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.12.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.4.5) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.5) · Pramāṇa