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# Ashtangasamgraha 4.38

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 4.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.38)

karpūracandanārdrāṅgo viralānaṅgasaṅgamaḥ |  
  
varṣāsu vāruṇo vāyuḥ sarvasasyasamudgamaḥ ||  
  
ekasakthiprapannasyetaraṃ sakthiḥ prasārya |  
  
sphigdeśāgatasya sphigdeśaṃ pratiṣidhyordhvamutkṣipya sakthinī prasārya |  
  
tiryagāgatasya parighasyevāparārdhamutkṣipya pūrvārdhamapatyapathaṃ pratyārjavamānīya |  
  
pārśvāpavṛttaśiraso 'saṃ pratipīḍyordhvamutkṣipya śiropatyapathamānīya |  
  
bāhudvayaprapannasyordhvamutpīḍyāsau śiromūamānīya ||  
  
mudgādiyūṣaiḥ śākaiśca tiktakairmātrayā hitāḥ ||  
  
bastī pradeyau bhiṣajā śītau samadhuśakarau |  
  
govyajāmahiṣīkṣīrairjīvanīyayutairapi ||  
  
gandhaṃ mālyaṃ phalaṃ hema dhūpaḥ sapurakunduruḥ ||

> With limbs moistened with camphor and sandalwood, with infrequent indulgence in sexual intercourse;  
> In the rainy season, the western wind \[blows\], \[there is\] the sprouting of all crops;  
> For a fetus presenting with one thigh, having extended the other thigh;  
> For one presenting at the buttock region, having checked the buttock region, having pushed \[it\] upward, having extended the two thighs;  
> For one presenting transversely like an iron bar, having pushed up the hind part, having brought the front part straight toward the birth canal;  
> For one whose head is turned to the side, having pressed the shoulder, having pushed \[it\] upward, having brought the head toward the birth canal;  
> For one presenting with both arms, having pressed the shoulders upward, having brought the base of the head;  
> With soups of mudga and the like, and with bitter vegetables, in proper measure, they are beneficial;  
> Two enemas should be given by the physician, cold, with honey and sugar,  
> With the milk of cow, goat, and buffalo, and also combined with vitalizing drugs;  
> Fragrance, a garland, fruit, gold, incense with guggulu and frankincense;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.38) — English, machine translation

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