[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) › 2.37 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.37 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.37) upayuñjīta na tvārttādāmiṣaṃ kṛpaṇājjanāt | varo bhūtadayā dharma ityārtteṣu bhiṣagvaraḥ || yaccānyadapi vṛddhastriyo brūyuḥ | pratatottānaśāyinyāḥ punargarbhasya nābhyāśrayā nāḍī kaṇṭhamanuveṣṭya vyāpattiṃ karoti | vivṛtaśayā naktacāriṇī conmattaṃ janayati | kalahaśīlāpasmāriṇam | vyavāyaśīlā durvapuṣamahrīkaṃ straiṇaṃ vā | śokanityā bhīrumapacitamalpāyuṣaṃ vā | abhidhyāyinī paropatāpinamīrṣyāluṃ straiṇaṃ vā | stenā tvāyāsabahulamabhidrohiṇamakarmaśīlaṃ vā | amarṣaṇā caṇḍamaupadhikaṃ vā | svapnaśīlā nidrālumabudhamalpāgniṃ vā | madyanityā tṛṣṇālumalpasmṛtimanavasthitaṃ vā | godhāmāṃsanityāśmariṇaṃ śanairmehinaṃ vā | barāhamāṃsanityā raktākṣaṃ krathanamatiparuṣaromāṇaṃ vā | matsyamāṃsanityā ciranimeṣaṃ stabdhākṣaṃ vā | madhuranityā pramehiṇaṃ mūkamatisthūlaṃ vā | amlanityā raktapittinaṃ tvagakṣirogiṇaṃ vā | lavaṇanityā śīghravalīpalitaṃ khalatikaṃ vā | tiktanityā śoṣiṇamabalamapacitaṃ vā | kaṭukanityā durbalamalpaśukramanapatyaṃ vā | kaṣāyanityā śyāmamānāhinamudāvartinaṃ vā | yacca yacca yasya vyādhernidānaṃ tattadāsevamānāntarvatnī strī tattadvikārabahulamapatyaṃ janayati | etena pitṛjā api śukradoṣā vyākhyātāḥ || kṣīraṃ pittānilārtasya pathyamapyatisāriṇaḥ || tatomajjānamuddhṛtya śucau pātre nidhāpayet || nāgaraṃ maricaṃ bhārṅgī vṛścikālī śatāvarī || > He should not accept meat or gifts from a person who is sick and wretched; / a foremost physician considers compassion for beings as the highest duty towards the sick. > > And whatever else elderly women might say: > > For one who constantly sleeps on her back, the cord attached to the navel encircles the neck of the fetus and causes disaster; > > one who sleeps uncovered and wanders at night gives birth to an insane child; > > one fond of quarreling, an epileptic; > > one addicted to sexual intercourse, an ugly, shameless, or effeminate child; > > one constantly grieving, a timid, emaciated, or short-lived child; > > one harboring malicious thoughts, a tormentor of others, envious, or effeminate child; > > a thieving woman, a child full of trouble, treacherous, or indolent; > > an intolerant woman, a fierce or deceitful child; > > one addicted to sleep, a somnolent, foolish, or low-fire child; > > one addicted to liquor, a thirsty, poor-memoried, or unstable child; > > one constantly eating iguana meat, a child with urinary calculus or one who urinates slowly; > > one constantly eating boar's meat, a red-eyed, wheezing, or excessively coarse-haired child; > > one constantly eating fish meat, a child who blinks slowly or has fixed eyes; > > one constantly eating sweet things, a child with a urinary disorder, a mute, or an excessively obese child; > > one constantly eating sour things, a child with a bleeding disorder or an eye and skin disease; > > one constantly eating salty things, a child who quickly develops wrinkles, graying hair, or baldness; > > one constantly eating bitter things, a child who suffers from wasting, weak, or emaciated; > > one constantly eating pungent things, a weak child with little semen or childless; > > one constantly eating astringent things, a dark-complexioned child with abdominal distension or upward movement of vāta. > > And whatever etiology of a disease a pregnant woman resorts to, she gives birth to an offspring abounding in that very disorder. > > By this, defects of the father's semen are also explained. > > Milk is wholesome for one afflicted by pitta and vāta, even for one suffering from diarrhea. > > Then, having extracted the marrow, one should place it in a clean vessel. > > Dry ginger, black pepper, bhārṅgī, vṛścikālī, \[and\] śatāvarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.36) - [Next: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.38) - [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.2.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.37) · Pramāṇa