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Ashtangasamgraha 2.24

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.24

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Sanskrit

2.24

yadvaidye viguṇe pādā guṇavanto 'pyanarthakāḥ |

sa pādahīnānapyārtān guṇavān yacca yāpayet ||

tadā++āsekyaṃ nāma bhavati |

tacśukrāsvādāddhvajocchrāyaṃ labhate ||

tadvacchītaṃ mahānidrā divā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi ||

prāyeṇa tasmānna hitā jīrṇe vātottare jvare |

śūlodāvartaviṣṭambhajananā jvaravardhanāḥ ||

svarṇakṣīrīṃ ca saṃcūrṇya gomūtre bhāvayettryaham |

eṣa sarvartuko yogaḥ snigdhānāṃ maladoṣahṛt ||

bhavanti cātra ||

Since, if the physician is deficient in qualities, the limbs are useless even if endowed with qualities, / while he, if endowed with qualities, can sustain patients even if lacking the limbs.
Then it is called an āsekya; / and he obtains an erection from tasting semen.
Likewise, coldness, profound sleep, and wakefulness during the night.
Therefore, in chronic fever dominated by vāta, they are generally not beneficial, / as they produce pain, upward movement of vāta, and abdominal distension, and increase fever.
Having powdered svarṇakṣīrī, one should macerate it in cow’s urine for three days; / this formulation, suitable for all seasons, removes waste products and doṣas for oleated persons.
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