[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) › 6.41 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.41 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.41) ante karoti sthūlatvamūrdhvaṃ cāmāśayāt kapham | madhye madhyāṅgatāṃ sāmyaṃ dhātūnāṃ jaraṇaṃ sukham || rogī syādvikṛte tasmāttaṃ prayatnena pālayet || catuṣpāccarmaromasthikhuraśṛṅgodbhavāṃ maṣīm || dhūmaleharasakṣīrasvedāṃścānnaṃ ca vātajit || viśākhoktaṃ sāpaḥ pānam | skandokto dhūpaḥ | kākapicchena vā gobālogragandhārakṣoghnaghṛtamayūracandrakairvā || > \[Water drunk\] at the end causes stoutness and kapha above the stomach; / in the middle, it causes moderation of body, equilibrium of the bodily tissues, and easy digestion. // When \[the digestive fire\] is disordered, one becomes diseased; therefore one should protect it with diligence. // Soot originating from the skin, hair, bone, hoof, and horn of a quadruped, / fumigations, linctuses, meat soups, milks, sudations, and food conquer vāta. // The drink is water mentioned by Viśākhā; / the fumigation is that mentioned by Skanda; / or with a crow's feather, cow's hair, ugragandhā, rakṣoghna, ghee, and peacock eye-feathers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.40) - [Next: 6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.42) - [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.6.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.41) · Pramāṇa