[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) › 15.6 # Ashtangasamgraha 15.6 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 15.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.6) arkairaṇḍau citrā citrakaciribilvaśaṅkhinīsaralā | hemakṣīrī kaṭukā vahnimukhī bhedanīyo 'yam || asaṅkhyamapi saṅkhyāyai yadaśītyā pureritam || tacchītaṃ madhuśarkarāpādayuktaṃ samānaṃ pūrveṇa | bhṛśaṃ ca śṛṅgādibhiḥ śoṇitamavasecayedyathāsannam | bāhumadhye vā sirāṃ vyadhet | pacyamānaṃ ca koṣṭhagataṃ bahirunnatamupanāhayet || pārśve paśyenna pārśvasthe timirākhyoyamāmayaḥ || > Arka, eraṇḍa, citrā, citraka, ciribilva, śaṅkhinī, saralā, / hemakṣīrī, kaṭukā, and vahnimukhī: this is the purgative \[group\]. / \[Vāta disorders\], though innumerable, were previously stated to be eighty for the sake of enumeration. / That \[liquid\], cooled and combined with a one-fourth part of honey and sugar, is equal to the previous \[formula\]. / And one should extract blood copiously with horns and the like according to proximity, / or puncture a vein in the middle of the arm. / And when it is suppurating, located in the internal viscera, and elevated externally, one should apply a warm poultice. / One sees sideways but not what is situated beside; this disease is known as timira. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.5) - [Next: 15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.7) - [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.15.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.6) · Pramāṇa