[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) › 2.9 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.9 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.9) guruṇā samanujñātaḥ sa bhiṣakchabdamaśnute | yastu kevalaśāstrajñaḥ karmasvapariniṣṭhitaḥ || klaibyaṃ bhīrutvamavaiśāradyaṃ moho 'navasthānamadhogurutvamasaṃhananaṃ śaithilyaṃ mārdavaṃ garbhāśayabījabhāgastathāyuktāścāpare strīkarā bhāvāḥ | tato viparītāḥ puṃskarāḥ saṅkīrṇā napuṃsakarāḥ || nistodaḥśaṅkhayormūrdhni vedanā virasāsyatā || hanti sadyo ghṛtaṃ jīrṇajvaraṃ kāsaṃ halīmakam | aruciṃ viṣamaṃ vahniṃ yakṣmāṇaṃ ca navotthitam || ekīkṛtya ca tatsvinnaṃ puṭapākena bhakṣayet || jihvauṣṭhadaṃśaśvāsamuṣṭivandhordhvekṣaṇairhṛdaye | viṇmūtracchardyādhmānāntrakūjanastanadaṃśaveṣṭanapṛṣṭhavinamanajaṭharonnamanairjaṭhare | mūtrasaṅgatṛṇmūrcchotrāsadigvīkṣaṇakhallīhastapādastambhakubjībhavanakeśaluñcanairbastau guhye ca sarvatra ca svabhā vātiriktarodanena mukhavikūṇanena ca || > Permitted by the teacher, he attains the title of physician; / but he who knows only the treatise, yet is unskilled in practical procedures, > > impotence, timidity, lack of confidence, bewilderment, instability, heaviness in the lower body, loose bodily build, flaccidity, softness, the part of the ovum belonging to the uterus, and other similar factors are female-producing factors; > the opposite of these are male-producing; mixed ones are hermaphrodite-producing. > pricking pain in the temples, pain in the head, and tastelessness in the mouth. > Ghee immediately destroys chronic fever, cough, halīmaka, > loss of appetite, irregular digestive fire, and newly arisen consumption. > Uniting it and having steamed it by the puṭapāka method, one should consume it. > \[One recognizes pain\] in the heart by biting of the tongue and lips, dyspnea, clenching of the fists, and upward gaze; > in the abdomen by retention of feces and urine, vomiting, distention, rumbling in the intestines, biting the breast, twisting, bending backward of the spine, and elevation of the belly; > in the bladder and groin by retention of urine, thirst, fainting, trembling, looking in all directions, cramps, stiffness of hands and feet, hunching over, and pulling of the hair; and everywhere by excessive crying beyond nature and grimacing of the face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.10) - [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.2.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.9) · Pramāṇa