[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) › 24.4 # Ashtangasamgraha 24.4 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 24.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.4) snehanaṃ rūkṣaṇaṃ karma svedanaṃ stambhanañca yat | bhūtānāṃ tadapi dvaidhyāt dvitayaṃ nātivartate || ghṛtāktasaktūn mallakasampuṭe kṛtvā dhūmaṃ ca pibet || > The procedures of snehana (oleation), rūkṣaṇa (roughening), svedana (sudation), and stambhana (checking)— / these also, by virtue of the twofold nature of the elements, do not exceed the two. > Having placed roasted grain flour smeared with ghee between two shallow earthenware vessels, one should inhale the smoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.3) - [Next: 24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.5) - [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.24.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.879) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.4) · Pramāṇa