[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) › 24.3 # Ashtangasamgraha 24.3 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 24.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.3) bṛṃhaṇaṃ yat bṛhatvāya laṅghanaṃ lāghavāya yat | dehasyaṃ bhavataḥ prāyo bhaumāpamitaracca te || sirāvyadhoktāśca mūrchādayaḥ | naiva ca srāvayedaṅgaglānau rūkṣe vātottaraṃ ca raktam | tataśca punaḥ snehayuktāni rūkṣāṇi vā virecanāni bastikarma cāsakṛt prayojayet || > That which leads to stoutness of the body is bṛṃhaṇa; that which leads to lightness is laṅghana; / the former mostly consists of earth and water, while the other \[consists of the remaining elements\]. > And fainting and the like, as stated under venesection \[may occur\]. > Nor should one let blood in case of body exhaustion, dryness, or when vāta is predominant. > And then one should repeatedly administer unctuous or dry purgatives and the procedure of enema. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.2) - [Next: 24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.4) - [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.24.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.3) · Pramāṇa