[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) › 6.72 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.72 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.72) purāṇaṃ jayati vyādhīn vraṇaśodhanaropaṇam | pūrvoktāṃścādhikān kuryāt guṇāṃstadamṛtopamam || kāryaṃ naikāntikaṃ tābhyāṃ prāyaḥ śreyo 'nilāpaham || atīsāreṣu sarveṣu peyametadyathābalam || kulīrakapālaśalyakaśuktimeṣaśṛṅgahayakharajāhakahastinakhanakularomabhirdhūpaḥ sarvagrahaghnaḥ || > Old \[ghee\] overcomes diseases and cleanses and heals wounds. / It produces even more qualities than those mentioned previously; thus it is like nectar. > Action is not absolute between the two; generally, what alleviates vāta is superior. / This should be drunk according to strength in all diarrheas. > Fumigation with the shells of crabs, porcupine quill shells, sheep horn, and the hair of horses, donkeys, jākāhas, elephant nails, and mongooses destroys all grahas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.71) - [Next: 6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.73) - [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.6.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.72) · Pramāṇa