[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) › 23.18 # Ashtangasamgraha 23.18 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 23.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.18) antarābhaktaṃ yat pūrvāhṇe bhakte jīrṇe madhyāhne bheṣajamupayujyate | tasmiṃśca jīrṇe punaraparāhṇe bhojanam | etena rātrirvyākhyātā | taddīptāgnervyānajeṣvāmayeṣu || tatastat snehamambhasa upariṣṭāt pāṇiśarāvayoranyatareṇādāya vātaghnauṣadhadattapratīvāpaṃ snehapākakalpena pacet | etadaṇutailaṃ sarvavātavikāraharam | aṇutailadravyebhyo niṣapadyata ityaṇutailam || sa ghrāṇapākaḥ srāvastu tatsaṃjñaḥ śleṣmasambhavaḥ || > 'Between meals' is when medicine is taken at midday after the morning meal has digested, > > and food is taken again in the afternoon after that has digested. > > By this, the night is also explained. > > That is for one with kindled digestive fire in diseases born of vyāna. > > Then, taking that fat from above the water with either a hand or an earthen saucer, having added a paste of vāta-destroying medicines, one should cook it according to the method of cooking medicated fats. > > This is Aṇu oil, which removes all vāta disorders. > > It is called Aṇu oil because it is produced from the ingredients of Aṇu oil. > > That is nasal suppuration; while the discharge of that name arises from śleṣman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.17) - [Next: 23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.19) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.23.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.18) · Pramāṇa