[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) › 24.50 # Ashtangasamgraha 24.50 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 24.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.50) sadyaḥ kṣīṇo yataḥ sadyo bṛṃhaṇenopacīyate | ciraṃ krameṇa ca kṣīṇastadabhyāsena tatra ca || rasāyanavidhānena laghuno hanti śīlitaḥ || > Because one who is freshly emaciated is quickly nourished by a nourishing therapy, / while one emaciated over a long time and gradually \[recovers\] by its habitual use, / and used in the manner of a rasāyana, when light, it destroys \[ailments\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.49) - [Next: 24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.51) - [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.24.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.24.50) · Pramāṇa