[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) › 23.22 # Ashtangasamgraha 23.22 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 23.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.22) tatrādye kāle tṛṣitaḥ pītaśītāmburajīrṇī kṣudhitaḥ kṣāmaśca bheṣajaṃ varjayet | śeṣeṣu vāhṛdyamasātmyamatitīkṣṇoṣṇogragandhaṃ bhūrimātrañceti | bhavati cātra ślokaḥ || tat pītaṃ paramapatantrakaśvāsahidhmāhṛdrogaghnam | pathyāśatārdhakalkena vā sauvarcalapaladvayayuktaṃ caturguṇakṣīraṃ ghṛtaprasthaṃ vipācayet tadapatantrakaghnam | na cāsya śodhanārthaṃ bastayastīkṣṇāḥ prayoktavyāḥ | hṛdrogacikitsitaṃ cekṣate || bhaveddhūmopamocchvāsā sā dīrptidahatīva ca || > At that first time \[of medicine administration\], one who is thirsty, who has drunk cold water, who has indigestion, who is hungry, and who is emaciated should avoid medicine. > > In the remaining \[times, one should avoid that which is\] unpalatable, unwholesome, excessively sharp, hot, strong-smelling, and given in excessive dose. > > And on this there is a verse: > > That, when drunk, is supreme in destroying apatantraka, dyspnea, hiccup, and heart disease. > > Or one should cook one prastha of ghee with a paste of fifty Pathyā fruits, two palas of black salt, and four times as much milk; that cures apatantraka. > > And sharp enemas should not be administered to him for the purpose of purification. > > And he should attend to the treatment of heart disease. > > The breath becomes smoke-like, and it burns intensely, as it were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.21) - [Next: 23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.23) - [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.23.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.23.22) · Pramāṇa