[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) › 2.16 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.16 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.16) hrepaṇīyāṃ ca tadvāarttāṃ na prakāśayate bahiḥ | sahasā na ca tasyāpi kriyākālamahāpayan || vāmaṃ strī madhyaṃ napuṃsakam | tatra sthitaśca garbho mātari svapantyāṃ prabuddhāyāṃ prabudhyate | paratantravṛtteśca garbhasya | niṣekāt prabhṛti garbhāśayopasnehopasvedau vartanam || praseko mukhamādhuryaṃ hṛllepaśvāsapīnasāḥ || paṭolahiṅgugojihvākebukaṃ madanājjhaṭā || paktvā mṛdvagninā khādettato mātrāmayantraṇaḥ || lavaṇānurasaṃ visarpakoṭhakaṇḍūkaram | tat picumandapaṭolīkṣīrīvṛkṣaiḥ śodhayet | tantumaddaurbalyaśvāsakāsakaram | tat pippalīnāgaracūrṇena samadhughṛtena | guru sadanātmakaṃ pratiśyāyasiṅghāṇakakṣīrālasakakaram | tat pāṭhāvyoṣakalkena pañcakolacūrṇena vā kṣaudraghṛtāplutena | doṣopakramaṇīyaṃ cekṣeta || > And he does not publicly disclose her shameful news; > And without doing it hastily, not letting the time for action slip away for him; > On the left is female, in the center neuter. > And residing there, the embryo wakes when the mother wakes and sleeps when she sleeps, > Because the existence of the embryo is dependent on another. > From insemination onwards, its subsistence is through the moisture and heat of the uterus. > Excessive salivation, sweetness of the mouth, feeling of coating over the heart, dyspnea, and chronic rhinitis; > Paṭola, asafoetida, gojihvā, kebuka, madanā, and jhaṭā; > Having cooked with mild fire, he should eat it in measured dose without constraint. > Having a salty after-taste, it causes erysipelas, urticarial eruptions, and itching; > One should purify that with picumanda, paṭolī, and latex trees; > Stringy, it causes weakness, dyspnea, and cough; > That \[is purified\] with powder of pippalī and ginger with honey and ghee; > Heavy, causing languor, it causes coryza, nasal discharge, and milk-indigestion \[kṣīrālasaka\]; > That \[is purified\] with paste of pāṭhā and vyoṣa, or powder of pañcakola flooded with honey and ghee. > And one should consult the chapter on treating the doṣas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.15) - [Next: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.17) - [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.2.16) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.2.16) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.16) · Pramāṇa