[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) › 12.9 # Ashtangasamgraha 12.9 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 12.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.9) rūpyaṃ snigdhaṃ kaṣāyāmla vipāke madhuraṃ rasam | vayasaḥ sthāpanaṃ śītaṃ lekhanaṃ vātapittajit || tadvidhe vā deśe || rājījanma valīnāśo jaṭhare jaṭhareṣu tu || ardhapalonmitāṃ cātra kalkitāṃ dadyādativiṣāṃ kṛṣṇāsārivābhadrāśca dvipalāṃśaṃ saindhavaṃ biḍaṃ yavakṣāraṃ ca māgadhikāyāścatuṣpalaṃ pātraṃ ca ghṛtasya etadagastyanirmitamalamanalajananam || punaḥ punarvā lekhayet | pariṣekaṃ ca triphalāmadhukadviharidrākaṣāyeṇa madhuyuktena kuryāt | mustaśarkarākapitthapatrāmbunā vā || > Silver is unctuous, astringent-sour, sweet in post-digestive effect, and sweet in taste; / it maintains youth, is cooling, scraping, and overcomes vāta and pitta. > > Or in a place of that kind. > > Appearance of streaks and disappearance of folds on the belly, however, in abdominal diseases. > > And herein, one should add half a pala each of paste of ativiṣā, kṛṣṇasārivā, and bhadrā; two palas each of rock salt, viḍ-salt, and barley alkali; four palas of long pepper; and a vessel of ghee: this, formulated by Agastya, is fully capable of generating digestive fire. > > Or one should scrape repeatedly; > > and one should perform irrigation with a decoction of triphalā, yaṣṭīmadhu, and the two turmerics, combined with honey; > > or with water cooked with mustā, sugar, and leaves of wood-apple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.8) - [Next: 12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.10) - [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.12.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.12.9) · Pramāṇa