[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) › 41.40 # Ashtangasamgraha 41.40 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 41.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [41.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.41.40) viṣaṃ nāheyamaprāpya raktaṃ dūṣayate vapuḥ | raktamaṇvapi tu prāptaṃ vardhate tailabinduvat || > Snake poison, without reaching the blood, does not corrupt the body; / but once it reaches the blood, even a minute amount expands like a drop of oil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 41.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.41.39) - [Next: 41.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.41.41) - [Up: 41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.41) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.41.40) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.152.40) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.41.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.41.40) · Pramāṇa