[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) › 2.25 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.25 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.25) cikitsāyāstamevātaḥ pradhānaṃ kāraṇaṃ viduḥ | sādhyo 'sādhya iti vyādhirdvidhā tau tu punardvidhā || tasya naiva dhvajaḥ stabhyate || gītanartanahāsyādivikṛtehāpravartanam || śodhanārhasya vamanaṃ prāguktaṃ tasya yojayet | āmāśayagate doṣe balinaḥ pālayan balam || nīlinīkaṭukāmustāśreṣṭhāyuktaṃ sucūrṇitam | rasājyoṣṇāmbubhiḥ śastaṃ rūkṣāṇāmapi sarvadā || dantodbhede ca bālānāṃ na hi kiñcinna dūyate || > Therefore, they know him alone as the foremost factor in therapeutics. > > Disease is twofold: curable and incurable; but these two are again twofold. > > His penis does not become erect at all. > > Undertaking abnormal activities such as singing, dancing, and laughing. > > One should administer emesis as previously stated for one fit for purification, > when the doṣa is located in the stomach, protecting the strength of a strong person. > > Finely powdered, combined with nīlinī, kaṭukā, mustā, and the foremost \[triphalā\], > with meat juice, ghee, or hot water, it is commended at all times even for unctuous persons. > > And during the eruption of teeth in children, indeed nothing remains untormented. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.24) - [Next: 2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.26) - [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.2.25) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.2.24) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhaiṣajyaratnāvalī (ed. Rājeśvaradatta Śāstrī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.gauda.bhaisajyaratnavali*sastri1978.4.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.25) · Pramāṇa