[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) › 14.4 # Ashtangasamgraha 14.4 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 14.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.14.4) kośātakīdevadālīsaptalākāravollikāsvarasamarkakṣīramuṣṇodakaṃ cetyubhayātmakāni | bastiṣu tu teṣu teṣvavasthāntareṣuyānyupayujyante dravyāṇi tānyasaṅkhyeyatvānnopadiśyante | rasaskandhebhya eva yathādoṣaṃ yathāvasthaṃ ca vibhajet | sarveṣu tu prāyo madanakuṭaja jīmūtakekṣvākukośātakīdvayatrapuṃsāsiddhārthakaśatāhvāphalāni | balādaśamūlairaṇḍatrivṛdvacāyaṣṭyāhvakuṣṭharāsnāpunarnavakattṛṇamūlāni | saraladevadāruhapuṣāhiṅgurasāñjanavyoṣapatrailāmṛtāyavakolakulatthaguḍalavaṇamastudhānyāmlamūtrasnehakṣīrakṣaudrāṇi ceti nirūhopayogīni || tvacaḥ kurvanti vaivarṇyaṃ duṣṭāḥ kuṣṭhamuśanti tat || pittottaraṃ tu nyagrodhādikaṣāyeṇa | tataśca jāṅgalarasaiḥ krameṇa santarpayet | atyapatarpaṇena hi pramehiṇo viśeṣeṇa mūtrakṛcchrabastimeḍhraśūlagulmātikārśyabhramādīnāṃ sambhavaḥ | tato 'nubandharakṣaṇārthaṃ śamanārhasya ca śamanānyavacārayet || saindhavārdrakakāsīsāyastāmraiḥ susūkṣmaiḥ sakṣaudrairañjanam || > The fresh juice of kośātakī, devadālī, saptalā, and kāravollikā, the milky juice of arka, and warm water: these act in both ways \[as emetics and purgatives\]. > As for the substances used in enemas in various specific conditions, they are not taught here because they are innumerable; > one should classify them from the groupings of tastes according to the doṣa and according to the stage of the disease. > In nearly all \[enemas\], however, the fruits of madana, kuṭaja, jīmūtaka, ikṣvāku, both kośātakīs, trapuṣa, white mustard, and dill; > the roots of balā, the ten roots, castor, trivṛt, vacā, liquorice, kuṣṭha, rāsnā, punarnavā, and lemon grass; > and sarala, devadāru, hapuṣā, asafoetida, rasāñjana, the three pungents, patra, cardamom, amṛtā, barley, kola, horse gram, jaggery, salt, curd-water, fermented grain-wash, urine, oleaginous substances, milk, and honey: these are applicable for evacuating enemas. > Vitiated \[doṣas\] cause discoloration of the skin; they call that skin disease. > If pitta predominates, however, \[one should cleanse\] with a decoction of the nyagrodha group; > and after that, one should nourish the patient gradually with meat soups of wild animals. > For due to excessive emaciation, in a patient with urinary disorder there arises particularly dysuria, pain in the bladder and penis, abdominal swelling, extreme wasting, giddiness, and the like; > then, to prevent complications and for one who is fit for pacification, one should administer pacification therapies. > An eyewash \[should be applied\] with rock salt, wet ginger, green vitriol, iron, and copper, finely ground with honey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.14.3) - [Next: 14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.14.5) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.14.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.14.4) · Pramāṇa