[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) › 48.8 # Ashtangasamgraha 48.8 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 48.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.48.8) saviṣe yuktamamṛtaṃ viṣamevāviṣe viṣam | abale cātibalavadvyāpannaṃ ca prayogataḥ || > Poison administered to one containing poison is nectar, but to one free of poison it is poison itself; / so too in a weak person, or \[when given\] in excessive strength, or when impaired in its administration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.48.7) - [Next: 48.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.48.9) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.48.8) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.159.8) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.48.8) · Pramāṇa