[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) › 24.2 # Ashtangasamgraha 24.2 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 24.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.2) upakramyasya hi dvitvād dvidhaivopakramo mataḥ | ekassantarpaṇastatra dvitīyaścāpatarpaṇaḥ | bṛṃhaṇo laṅghanaśceti tatparyāyāvudāhṛtau || > Because the person to be treated is of two kinds, treatment is regarded as twofold: / one therein is santarpaṇa (nourishing), and the second is apatarpaṇa (depleting); / bṛṃhaṇa (stoutening) and laṅghana (lightening) are cited as their synonyms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.1) - [Next: 24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.3) - [Up: 24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.24.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.877) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.2) · Pramāṇa