[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) › 6.10 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.10 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.10) tejodhike tiktakaṭu kaṣāyaṃ pavanādhike | divyānukāri tvavyaktarasatvāt khaguṇādhike || tatastābhiryathāsvamaṅgāvayavā dhāryante āpyāyyante ca || sonmādamadamūrcchāyāḥ sāpasmārāpatānakāḥ || yathā tathānilastasya mārgamasmādviśodhayet || pibet sauvarcalonmiśraṃ dīpanaṃ hṛdviśodhanam || namaḥ skandāya devāya grahādhipataye namaḥ || > When fire is predominant, it is bitter and pungent; astringent when wind is predominant; / but when space-quality is predominant, it resembles celestial water because of its unmanifest taste. > > Then, by these \[channels\], the body parts are maintained and nourished according to their respective functions. > > Accompanied by madness, intoxication, fainting, epilepsy, and tetanic convulsions. > > One should clear the path of that vāta by any means necessary. > > He should drink a digestive, heart-cleansing draught mixed with black salt. > > Homage to Skanda, the god, homage to the lord of grasping spirits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.9) - [Next: 6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.11) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.10) · Pramāṇa