[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) › 6.56 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.56 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.56) śastaṃ vātakaphānāhakrimiśophodarārśasām | mānuṣaṃ vātapittāsṛgbhighātākṣirogajit || tulyaṃ guḍaṃ nāgaraṃ ca bhakṣayennāvayeta vā || pakvaṃ tatra svavargīyo bastiḥ śeṣṭhaṃ bhiṣagjitam || varuṇāsphotapāribhadrakavṛkṣādanīnāgabalāgairikaśatāvarībhiḥ pariṣekaḥ | haritālamanaśśilākuṣṭhasarjarasasurāsauvīrakasaṃskṛtaṃ tailamabhyaṅgaḥ || > It is recommended for vāta and kapha, constipation, parasitic infection, swelling, abdominal illness, and hemorrhoids. / Human milk overcomes vāta, pitta, blood vitiation, trauma, and eye disease. / One should eat equal parts of jaggery and dry ginger, or use them as a nasal drop. / When \[the disease\] is mature, an enema of its corresponding group is the best remedy. / Affusion with varuṇa, āsphota, pāribhadraka, vṛkṣādanī, nāgabalā, red ochre, and śatāvarī. / Massage with oil processed with yellow orpiment, realgar, kuṣṭha, resin of Shorea robusta, surā, and sauvīraka vinegar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.55) - [Next: 6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.57) - [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.6.56) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Dravyaguṇasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.dravyaguna.dravyagunasamgraha.9.7) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.56) · Pramāṇa