[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) › 6.61 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.61 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.61) vyākhyātastena laghimā ceṣṭāvatprakṛtiṣvapi | hrasveṣu cātidehebhyo māṃseṣvapyevamādiśet || sakāyasthairghṛtaṃ mastu daśamūlarase pacet || sāryamāṇe kaphe bastiḥ kaṣāyakaṭutiktakaḥ || devī bālamimaṃ prītā pālayatvandhapūtanā || > Thereby lightness is also explained in those natures that are physically active; / and among small creatures, in comparison to massive bodies, one should teach meat in this same way. / One should cook ghee and curd whey with a decoction of daśamūla along with kāyasthā. / When kapha is being expelled, an astringent, pungent, and bitter enema is \[used\]. / 'May the goddess Andhapūtanā, pleased, protect this child!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.60) - [Next: 6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.62) - [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.6.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.61) · Pramāṇa