[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) › 15.18 # Ashtangasamgraha 15.18 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 15.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.18) mañjiṣṭhāśleṣmātakarajanīsuvahāśirīṣapālindyaḥ | sailācandanakatkāḥ sasinduvārā viṣaṃ ghnanti || tadāṅgamākṣipatyeṣa vyādhirākṣepakaḥ smṛtaḥ || bastikarma puraḥ kṛtvā vaṅkṣaṇasthaṃ tato dahet | agninā mārgarodhārthaṃ maruto 'rdhenduvakrayā || bindurjalasyeva calaḥ padminīpuṭasaṃśritaḥ || > Mañjiṣṭhā, śleṣmātaka, turmeric, suvahā, śirīṣa, pālindī, > together with cardamom, a paste of sandalwood, and sinduvāra destroy poison. > Then it convulses the limbs; this disease is known as ākṣepaka (convulsion). > Having first administered enema therapy, one should then cauterize at the groin / with fire by means of a crescent-shaped \[iron\] to obstruct the path of vāta. > Like a drop of water trembling upon the petal of a lotus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.17) - [Next: 15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.19) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.18) · Pramāṇa