[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) › 27.2 # Ashtangasamgraha 27.2 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 27.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.27.2) doṣaharaṇamūrdhvabhāgaṃ vamanākhyamadhobhāgaṃ virecanākhyamubhayaṃ vā malavirecanādvirecanamityucyate || utsvedādhipurovātabāṣpanigraharodanaiḥ || > The elimination of doṣas in the upward direction is called emesis, in the downward direction it is called purgation; or both are termed purgation because of the purging of waste products. > By sweating, head-disease, facing the wind, suppressing tears, and weeping; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.27.1) - [Next: 27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.27.3) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.27.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.27.2) · Pramāṇa