[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) › 6.54 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.54 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.54) hitamatyagnyanidrebhyo garīyo māhiṣaṃ himam | alpāmbupānavyāyāmakaṭutiktāśanairlaghu || līḍhaṃ prayuktamanne vā kevalaṃ copayojitam || yuñjyādvātiviriktasya kṣīṇaviṭkasya bhojanam | māṣayūṣeṇa kulmāṣān pānaṃ dadhyathavā surām || mantraśca || > Buffalo milk is heavy, cold, and beneficial for those with excessively sharp digestive fire or insomnia. / It is light \[in those animals\] that drink little water, exercise, and eat pungent and bitter food. / It is used licked, added to food, or consumed on its own. / One should provide a meal for someone excessively purged and depleted of stool: / barley gruel with black gram soup, or curd or surā as drink. / And the mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.53) - [Next: 6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.55) - [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.6.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.54) · Pramāṇa