[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) › 2.38 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.38 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.38) varttate yastu siddhārthaḥ sa sarvamativarttate || viśeṣeṇa nārī | vyādhīṃścāsyā mṛdumadhuraśiśirasukhairauṣadhāhāravihārairupācaret | na cāsyā vamanādīni prayojayet | na raktāvasecanam | kevalaṃ tvaṣṭamamāsamupādāyāsthāpāmanuvāsanaṃ vā | vamanādisādhyeṣu punarvikāreṣu mṛdubhistadarthakāribhirvopakramet pūrṇamiva tailapātramasaṃkṣobhayadgarbhiṇīmupācarediti | bhavanti cātra || caturdhātra kṣatacchedadāhādyairabhighātajaḥ || divyāmbu jīvayettasya jvaraṃ cāśu niyacchati || caturvarṣe sukhaṃ bāle yāvaddvādaśavārṣike || bālasya pānābhyaṅgābhyāmebhiśconmardanaṃ hitam || > He who proceeds having accomplished his purpose surpasses everything. > > Especially a woman; > > and one should treat her diseases with mild, sweet, cool, and comfortable medicines, food, and regimens; > > and one should not administer emesis and the like to her, > > nor bloodletting, > > except that from the eighth month onward, \[one may administer\] an asthāpāna or an anuvāsana enema; > > moreover, in disorders manageable by emesis and the like, one should approach her with mild measures that achieve that purpose, \[and\] one should treat a pregnant woman without causing agitation, as if \[holding\] a vessel full of oil. > > And here are verses on the subject: > > Here, that which arises from trauma is of four kinds, due to wounds, excisions, burns, and the like. > > Celestial water revives him and quickly restrains his fever. > > Easily in a child four years old up to twelve years old. > > Massage along with drinking and inunction of these is beneficial for a child. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.37) - [Next: 2.38\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.38_1) - [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.2.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.38) · Pramāṇa