[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) › 2.31 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.31 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.31) yāti nāśeṣatāṃ rogaḥ karmaṇo niyatāyuṣaḥ | prapatanniva viṣkambhairdhāryate 'trāturo hitaiḥ || tadā stryākṛtiprāyāmastriyaṃ vārtāṃ nāma janayati | tāṃ strīvyāpadamācakṣate || vyavāyitvācca saukṣmyācca bahirmargaṃ pravartate || payo 'nupānamuṣṇaṃ vā mṛdvīkāsvarasaṃ pibet | viriktānāṃ ca saṃsargī maṇḍapūrvā yathākramam || lipte māse gate pītaṃ pāṇḍuśvayathugulmajit || sāndraṃ tu kṣaudrakāśmaryaguḍūcītaṇḍulāmbubhiḥ || > The disease does not reach complete resolution on account of past actions determining lifespan; > like one falling, the patient is supported here by beneficial regimens as if by props. > > Then she gives birth to a female having the general appearance of a woman, but not an actual woman, named vārtā; > they declare that to be a female disorder. > > And due to diffusiveness and subtlety, it spreads into the external pathway. > > One should drink hot milk as a post-potion, or fresh grape juice; > and for those who have been purged, a gradual dietary regimen beginning with thin gruel according to sequence \[is prescribed\]. > > Taken after a month has passed in a smeared container, it overcomes anemia, edema, and abdominal swelling. > > Dense, however, with honey, kāśmarya, guḍūcī, and rice-water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.30) - [Next: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.32) - [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.2.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.31) · Pramāṇa