[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) › 3.21 # Ashtangasamgraha 3.21 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 3.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.21) svādvamlalavaṇaṃ śuṣkaṃ suṣiraṃ pūti picchilam | pālāśamāsanaṃ dantadhāvanaṃ pāduke tyajet || kārtikeyadyutiṃ putraṃ kārtikeyādirakṣitamiti || śūkapūrṇābhakaṇṭhatvamasvāsthyaṃ hṛdayasya ca || tatkaṣāye hitāḥ peyā māṃsapeyāstathā rasāḥ || vāksaṅge hanusaṅge 'nilārtau ca ghṛtamāṃsarasasiddhāmalpataṇḍulāṃ peyāṃ pibet | snehasvedau cāvacārayet || auṣṭhadaṃśāṃsasaṅkocastambhabastābhagandhatāḥ || > Sweet, sour, salty, dry, hollow, foul-smelling, \[or\] slimy \[wood\], > \[wood from\] palāśa, an \[ordinary\] seat, tooth-cleansing stick, \[and leather\] sandals one should avoid. > "\[May she bear\] a son possessing the radiance of Kārttikeya, protected by Kārttikeya and the rest!" > Feeling as though the throat is filled with bristles, and unease of the heart; > a gruel prepared in its decoction is beneficial, and likewise meat-gruels and meat-broths. > In obstruction of speech, lockjaw, and distress caused by vāta, one should drink a gruel made with little rice and cooked with ghee and meat-broth; / and one should apply oleation and sudation. > Biting of the lips, contraction and stiffness of the shoulders, and an odor resembling that of a goat; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.20) - [Next: 3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.22) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.21) · Pramāṇa