[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) › 4.46 # Ashtangasamgraha 4.46 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 4.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.46) pariśuṣkaṃ laghusnigdhamuṣpāmlalavaṇaṃ bhajet | prāyo 'nnapānaṃ sakṣaudraṃ saṃskṛtaṃ ca ghanodaye || sāyaṃ pibedariṣṭaṃ ca tathā sukṛtamāsavam || śarkarāṃ jīvakaṃ mudgamāṣaparṇyau durālabhām || prasṛtāḥ sarṣapaiḥ piṣṭairviṭsaṅgānāhabhedanaḥ || yat satyamagnihotreṣu satyaṃ yacchrotriyeṣu ca || > One should consume well-dried, light, unctuous, hot, sour, and salty \[food\], / mostly food and drink combined with honey and spiced, during the appearance of rain-clouds. > > In the evening he should drink ariṣṭa liquor and well-prepared āsava liquor. > > Sugar, jīvaka, mudgaparṇī, māṣaparṇī, durālabhā, > \[measures of\] prasṛta with ground mustard break retention of feces and abdominal distension. > > whatever truth there is in agnihotra sacrifices, and whatever truth there is in Vedic scholars, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.45) - [Next: 4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.47) - [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.4.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.46) · Pramāṇa