[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) › 17.4 # Ashtangasamgraha 17.4 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 17.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.17.4) tatra dravyaṃ gurukaṭhinaviśadamandasāndrasthūlasthiragandhaguṇabahulaṃ pārthivaṃ upacayagauravasaṅghātasthairyakaram || tataścod vṛtya parisrāvya harītakīkvāthāmladadhipratīvāpaṃ vipācayet || nājīrṇabhīruvamitaśiraḥkarṇākṣiśūlinām | nātyuṣṇaśītavātābhre nāsampūrṇāṃ ca nīlikām || > There, an earthy substance abounds in the qualities of heavy, hard, non-slimy, dull, dense, gross, stable, and smell; it produces nourishment, heaviness, cohesion, and firmness. > Then, having taken it out and strained it, one should cook it with an addition of harītakī decoction and sour curd. > Not for those suffering from indigestion, the timid, those who have vomited, those with pain in the head, ears, or eyes; > nor when it is excessively hot, cold, windy, or cloudy, nor when the nīlikā is incomplete. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.17.3) - [Next: 17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.17.5) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.17.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.17.4) · Pramāṇa