[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) › 13.4 # Ashtangasamgraha 13.4 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 13.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.4) mithyāyogo vyādhimukhānām | rajasvalāgamanamalakṣmīmukhānām | brahmacaryamāyuṣyāṇam | paradāragamanamanāyuṣyāṇām | ayathāprāṇamārambhaḥ prāṇoparodhinām | viṣādo rogavarddhanānām | harṣaḥ prīṇanānām | śokaḥ śoṣaṇānām | āśvāso balakarāṇām | nirvṛtiḥ puṣṭikarāṇām | puṣṭiḥ svapnakarāṇām | svapnaḥ tandrīkarāṇām | sarvarasābhyāso balakarāṇām | ekarasābhyāso daurbalyārocakānyatamadoṣaprakopakarāṇām | garbhaśalyamāhāryāṇām | agnirāmastambhaśītaśūlodveṣṭakapraśamanānām | ajīrṇamuddhāryāṇām | bālo mṛdubheṣajārhāṇām | vṛddho yāpyānām | garbhiṇī tīkṣṇauṣadhavyavāyavyāyāmavarjanīyānām | saumanasyaṃ garbhadhāraṇānām | asaumanasyaṃ duḥkhajanānām | sannipāto duścikitsyānām | āmaviṣamacikitsyānām | jvaraḥ śīghrarogāṇām | kuṣṭhaṃ dīrgharogāṇām | rājayakṣmā rogasamūhānām | prameho 'nuṣaṅgiṇām | jalaukaso 'nuśastrāṇām | bastiryantrāṇām | himavānauṣadhabhūmīnām | soma auṣadhīnām | marubhūmirārogyadeśānām | ānūpabhūmirahitadeśānām | nirdeśakāritvamāturaguṇānām | anirdeśakāritvamariṣṭānām | bhiṣakcikitsāṅgānām | siddhirvaidyāṅgānām | nāstiko varjyānām | laulyaṃ kleśakarāṇām | ātmavattopakāriṇām | śāstrasahitastarkaḥ sādhakānām | dṛṣṭakarmatā nissaṃśayakarāṇām | asamarthatā bhayaṃkarāṇām | tadvidyasambhāṣā buddhivarddhanānām | ācāryaḥ śāstrādhigamahetūnām | āyurvedo 'mṛtānām | sadvaidyadveṣaḥ prāṇatyāgahetūnām | sadvacanamanuṣṭheyānām | vāyuḥ prāṇasaṃjñāpradānahetūnām | sarvasanyāsaḥ sukhānāmiti | tatrodakāgnimṛdbhṛṣṭaloṣṭaprasādatakrābhyāsaraktāvasekairaṇḍatailābhyāsoṣṭrīkṣīramadanaphalamadyākṣepaikarasagarbhiṇīnāmekaikasmāt samudāyācca nirddhāraṇam | puṣkaramūlādīnāṃ tu samudāyādeveti || pāṇḍuhāridraharitān pāṇḍutvaṃ teṣu cādhikam || tṛṇapañcamūlaśvadaṃṣṭrābhīruvidārīkaśerukakvāthaṃ śītaṃ samadhu śarkaraṃ pibet | tadvacca kāṇḍekṣurakamūlam | kamalotpalavidārīśṛṅgāṭakāni | drākṣārasena vā trapusakusumbhorvārubījavṛṣakakuṅkumakalkaṃ sarvamūtrāghātaghnam | madhukadārvyurvārubījāni vā taṇḍuladhāvanena | samākṣikāṃ vā dārvīmāmalakarasena | mṛdvīkākalkaṃ vā paryuṣitāmbhasā || pṛthumūlaścalaḥ snigdhaḥ savarṇo mṛdupicchilaḥ | mahānapākaḥ kaṇḍūmānupanāhaḥ sa nīrujaḥ || > Improper application \[is foremost\] among the entrances to disease; > > intercourse with a menstruating woman among the entrances of misfortune; > > celibacy among prolongers of life; > > intercourse with another's wife among shorteners of life; > > undertaking beyond one's strength among obstructions to the vital breath; > > despondency among increasers of disease; > > joy among gladdeners; > > grief among emaciators; > > reassurance among strengtheners; > > satisfaction among nourishers; > > nourishment among sleep-inducers; > > sleep among causes of torpor; > > habitual use of all six tastes among strengtheners; > > habitual use of a single taste among causes of weakness, anorexia, or the aggravation of one or another doṣa; > > an obstructed fetus among things to be surgically extracted; > > fire among pacifiers of āma, stiffness, cold, colic, and cramps; > > undigested food among things to be evacuated; > > a child among those fit for mild medicines; > > an aged person among manageable \[cases\]; > > a pregnant woman among those who should avoid strong medicines, sexual intercourse, and physical exercise; > > contentment of mind among sustainers of pregnancy; > > discontent of mind among producers of suffering; > > a conjunction of all three doṣas among difficult-to-cure \[conditions\]; > > āma-poison among incurable \[conditions\]; > > fever among acute diseases; > > leprosy and skin diseases among chronic diseases; > > consumption among clusters of diseases; > > urinary disorders among recurring conditions; > > leeches among blunt and accessory instruments; > > the enema among surgical instruments and apparatuses; > > the Himālaya among lands of medicinal herbs; > soma among medicinal herbs; > > desert country among regions conducive to health; > > marshy country among harmful regions; > > obedience to instructions among the virtues of a patient; > > disobedience to instructions among fatal prognostics; > > the physician among the limbs of medical treatment; > > success among the qualities of a physician; > > an atheist among persons to be avoided; > > greed among causes of misery; > > self-control among benefactors; > > reasoning guided by the treatise among successful means; > > practical experience among removers of doubt; > > incompetence among producers of fear; > > discussion with peers among increasers of intellect; > > the teacher among the causes of acquiring the treatise; > > Āyurveda among nectars; > > hatred for a good physician among causes of abandonment of life; > > the word of the virtuous among things to be followed; > > vāyu among causes that impart life and consciousness; > > renunciation of everything among happinesses. > > Here, the determination \[as foremost\] is made from each individually and from combinations in the case of: water, fire, earth, the clarification from a fried clod of earth, buttermilk habituation, bloodletting, castor oil habituation, camel's milk, emetic nut, liquor, convulsions, single taste, and pregnant women; > > whereas in the case of puṣkaramūla and others, it is from combinations alone. > > Those that are pale, deep yellow, or green, and in these paleness is pronounced. > > One should drink cold decoction of the five grasses, puncture-vine, asparagus, vidārī, and nutgrass, mixed with honey and sugar; > > and likewise the root of kāṇḍekṣuraka; > > or lotus, water lily, vidārī, and water chestnut; > > or a paste of cucumber seed, safflower, melon seed, vṛṣaka, and saffron with grape juice—this destroys all urinary retentions; > > or licorice, tree turmeric, and melon seeds with rice wash water; > > or tree turmeric with honey in gooseberry juice; > > or a paste of raisins with water kept overnight. > > With a broad base, movable, unctuous, matching the skin color, soft, slimy, > > large, not suppurating, itching, painless—that is an upanāha \[swelling\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.3) - [Next: 13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.5) - [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.13.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.13.4) · Pramāṇa