[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) › 5.20 # Ashtangasamgraha 5.20 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 5.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.20) vyāyāmaḥ srutirasrasya śastaṃ cātra virecanam | sakṣāralavaṇaṃ tailamabhyaṅgārthe ca śasyate || ghṛtakṣīrānupānaṃ vā lihyāt kṣīṇaḥ kṣatī kṛśaḥ || sājyakṣaudradvilavaṇastairbastiḥ śukrakṛtparam | kalpo 'yaṃ śikhigonardamatsyādyaṇḍaraseṣvapi || bālamaudumbare pīṭhe pālāśe vāpyudaṅmukham | āstṛte haritairdarbhairna tu prācyādidiṅmukham || > Exercise, bloodletting, and purgation are recommended here; / and oil containing alkali and salt is recommended for inunction. > Or the emaciated, wounded, and lean patient should lick it with a post-drink of ghee and milk. > An enema prepared with these, along with ghee, honey, and two salts, is exceptionally semen-producing; / this recipe also applies to the juices of the eggs of peacocks, gonarda cranes, fish, and the like. > \[Seat\] the child on a stool of udumbara or of palāśa wood facing north, / spread with fresh darbha grass, but not facing the east or other directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.19) - [Next: 5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.21) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.179) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.20) · Pramāṇa