[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) › 2.15 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.15 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.15) gatvā 'turārthādanyatra na nidhatte manaḥ kvacit | vyādhīn parīkṣate samyaṅnidānādiviśeṣataḥ || nairṛtabhāgatvāttatra garbhasya maraṇam | tasmāt prasavapratiṣedhārthaṃ strī snātā śucirbrahmacāriṇī devatārādhanaparā syāt | māṃsaudanabāliṃ cātra nirvapet | tasminnekadivasātikrānte 'pi prasavakālamāhurāsaṃvatsarāt | ataḥ paraṃ vikārī bhavati || naktamālamubhe pāṭhe kaṭukāśigrutejanīḥ || tilatailatrivṛccūrṇabhāgau cāṣṭapalonmitau || saindhavamadhukasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ vā madanapuṣpakalkena ca sakṣaudreṇa stanaṃ bālasya coṣṭhamālimpet | tena sukhaṃ vamati | dhātrīṃ tu tīkṣṇairvāmayet | tataḥ kṛtasaṃsarjanāṃ pañcamūlaghanavacātiviṣākvāthaṃ pāyayet | tagarasuradārusurendrayavapṛthvīkāvṛścikālīkvāthaṃ vā | āragvadhādiṃ mustādiṃ vā | rūkṣoṣṇāṃśca nasyadhūmagaṇḍūṣapradehapariṣekān śīlayet | aviruddhaṃ cānnapānaṃ yojayet || > Having arrived, he does not direct his mind anywhere other than to the patient's matter. > He properly examines the diseases, especially according to etiology and so forth. > Because of belonging to the southwest quarter \[nairṛtabhāga\], death of the embryo occurs there. > Therefore, to avert \[untimely\] delivery, the woman should be bathed, pure, celibate, and intent upon worshiping the deities; > And here one should make an offering of cooked rice with meat. > Even when that \[due period\] has passed by a single day, they say the delivery period extends up to a full year; > Beyond this, it becomes abnormal. > Naktamāla, the two pāṭhās, kaṭukā, śigru, and tejanī; > And parts of sesame oil and trivṛt powder, measured at eight palas each; > Or mixed with rock salt and madhuka, and with a paste of madana flowers and honey, one should smear the breast and the lips of the child; > Thereby it vomits easily. > The wet nurse, however, one should cause to vomit with sharp \[emetics\]. > Then, when the post-purification dietary regimen is completed, one should make her drink a decoction of pañcamūla, ghana, vacā, and ativiṣā; > Or a decoction of tagara, suradāru, surendrayava, pṛthvīkā, and vṛścikālī; > Or the group beginning with āragvadha or mustā; > And one should practice dry, hot nasal therapies, fumigations, gargles, poultices, and affusions; > And one should provide wholesome food and drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.14) - [Next: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.16) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.15) · Pramāṇa