[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) › 13.3 # Ashtangasamgraha 13.3 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 13.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.3) daurmanasyamavṛṣyāṇām | tailagaṇḍūṣābhayāso dantabalarucikarāṇām | candanodumbaraṃ dāhanirvāpaṇalepanānām | rāsnāgaruṇī śītāpanayanapralepanānām | lāmajjakośīre dāhatvagdoṣasvedāpanayanapralepanānām | kuṣṭhaṃ vātaharābhyaṅgopanāhopayoginām | madhukaṃ cakṣuṣyavṛṣyakeśyakaṇṭhyabalyavirecanīyaropaṇīyānām | ajīrṇāśanaṃ grahaṇīdūṣaṇānām | viruddhavīryāśanaṃ ninditavyādhikarāṇām | gurubhojanaṃ durvipākānām | atimātrāśanamāmadoṣahetūnām | yathāgnyabhyavahāro 'gnisandhukṣaṇānām | yathāsātmyamāhāravihārau sevyānām | ekāsanaśayanabhojanaṃ sukhanāśakarāṇām | viṣamāśanamagnivaiṣamyakarāṇām | kāle bhojanamārogyakarāṇām | sudarśanamannaṃ śraddhājananānām | vegadhāraṇamanārogyakarāṇām | tṛptirāhāraguṇānām | anaśanamāyuṣo hrāsakarāṇām | pramitāśanaṃ gavedhukānnaṃ ca karśanīyānām | uddālakānnaṃ rūkṣaṇīyānām madyaṃ saumanasyajananānām | madyākṣepo dhīdhṛtismṛtiharāṇām | strīṣvatiprasaṅgaḥ śoṣakarāṇām | śukravegavinigrahaḥ ṣāṇḍhyakarāṇām pādābhyāmudvartanamannaśraddhājananānām | sūnādarśanamannāśraddhājananānām || śleṣmatvagraktamāṃsāni pradūṣyāntaramāśritam || etānyeva cauṣadhānyannapāne piṇḍopanāhasvedayośca tailaphalasnehāmlayuktāni kalpayet | prasannāṃ ca sauvarcalāḍhyāṃ pibet || > Dejection is the foremost among non-aphrodisiacs; > > habitual use of oil gargles, among things causing strength of the teeth and relish \[for food\]; > > sandalwood and udumbara, among cooling pastes that pacify burning sensation; > > rāsnā and agarwood, among unguents that remove coldness; > > lāmajjaka and uśīra, among unguents that remove burning sensation, skin disorders, and perspiration; > > kuṣṭha, among substances used in massage and poultices that relieve vāta; > > licorice, among substances beneficial to the eyes, aphrodisiac, hair-promoting, voice-promoting, strengthening, purgative, and healing; > > eating during indigestion, among vitiators of the digestive organ; > > eating foods of incompatible potency, among producers of deplorable diseases; > > heavy food, among causes of difficult digestion; > > eating in excessive quantity, among causes of the disorders of unripe food (āma); > > eating according to one's digestive power, among kindlers of the digestive fire; > > diet and regimen suited to one's constitution, among practices to be adopted; > > sedentary sitting, lying, and eating in one place, among destroyers of comfort; > > irregular eating, among causes of irregularity of the digestive fire; > > eating at the proper time, among causes of health; > > appetizing food, among inducers of relish; > > suppression of natural urges, among causes of unhealthiness; > > satiation, among qualities of food; > > fasting, among curtailers of lifespan; > > eating measured food and gavedhukā food, among emaciating agents; > > uddālaka food, among desiccating agents; liquor, among producers of cheerfulness; > > intemperate drinking of liquor, among destroyers of intellect, courage, and memory; > > excessive indulgence in women, among causes of emaciation; > > suppression of the urge of semen, among causes of impotence; foot massage, among inducers of appetite for food; > > sight of a slaughterhouse, among inducers of aversion to food. > Vitiating kapha, skin, blood, and flesh, and lodged within, > one should formulate these very medicines in food and drink, in boluses, poultices, and sudations, combined with oil, oil-yielding fruits, and sours, > and one should drink the clear supernatant of wine enriched with black salt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.2) - [Next: 13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.4) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.13.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.3) · Pramāṇa