[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) › 4.13 # Ashtangasamgraha 4.13 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 4.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.13) anindhano 'nyathā sīdedatyudīrṇatayā 'thavā | dhātūnapi pacedasya tatasteṣāṃ kṣayānmarut || tasyāstannimittaṃ vāyuḥ prakupitaḥ pittaśleṣmāṇau parigṛhya garbhasya rasavahāṃ nāḍīṃ pratipīḍyāvatiṣṭhate | tato nāḍyāṃ doṣaiḥ kulyāyāmiva tṛṇapatrādibhiḥ praticchannāyāṃ rasasyāsamyagvahanādgarbho vṛddhimanāpnuvannupaviśatyupaśuṣyati vā || aśokabījakṣavakajantughnāñjanapadmakaiḥ || yuktaṃ sasarpirmadhuvātaraktavisarpavaisvaryahito nirūhaḥ || vacāśvagandhāsurasāyuktaiḥ sarpirvipācayet || > Otherwise, without fuel, it would sink; or, due to extreme flare-up, / it would also cook his bodily tissues; then, from their depletion, the wind \[increases\]. // For that reason, vāyu, vitiated and taking hold of pitta and śleṣman, stands compressing the embryo's rasa-bearing vessel. // Then, when that vessel is covered over by the doṣas, like a water-channel by grass and leaves, because the rasa is not carried properly, the embryo, failing to attain growth, either subsides or withers away. // With the seeds of aśoka, kṣavaka, vermifuge, añjana, and padmaka, // combined with ghee and honey, the evacuating enema is wholesome for vātarakta, erysipelas, and voice loss. // One should cook ghee mixed with vacā, aśvagandhā, and surasā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.12) - [Next: 4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.14) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.13) · Pramāṇa