[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) › 2.22 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.22 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.22) dakṣastīrthāttaśāstrārtho dṛṣṭakarmā śucirbhiṣak | bahukalpaṃ bahuguṇaṃ sampannaṃ yogyamauṣadham || tanmaithune vātamevotsṛjati || śītajāḍyatimirabhramatandrāḥ śleṣmavātajanitajvaraliṅgam || mṛdvīkāyā balāyāśca siddhāḥ snehā jvaracchidaḥ || svarṇakṣīrīṃ ca hemante cūrṇamuṣṇāmbunā pibet || sirāṇāṃ punaranutpādaḥ etena rogacyutā api prāyaśo vyākhyātāḥ || > A physician should be skilled, have received the meaning of the scriptures from an authority, have witnessed practice, and be pure; / medicine should have many formulations, many virtues, be endowed \[with potency\], and suitable. > During that intercourse, he emits only wind. > Coldness, rigidity, darkness \[of vision\], dizziness, and drowsiness are the signs of fever produced by śleṣman and vāta. > Fats prepared with raisin and balā destroy fever. > And in the early winter, one should drink the powder of svarṇakṣīrī with hot water. > Veins, however, do not regenerate; by this, those lost through disease are also mostly explained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.21) - [Next: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.23) - [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.2.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.22) · Pramāṇa