[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) › 6.8 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.8 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 6.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.8) śvete kaṣāyaṃ tatsvādu kṛṣṇe tiktaṃ ca pāṇḍure | nīle kaṣāyamadhuraṃ deśe lavaṇamūṣare || nīlapītāsitāḥ sparśoṣṇāḥ kṣiprasrāviṇyaḥ pittaraktam | gauryaḥ snigdhāḥ sthirāḥ śītāḥ kaṇḍūmatyaḥ kapharaktam | lakṣaṇasaṅkare saṃsargasannipātāraktam | samā gūḍhāḥ snigdhā rohiṇyaḥ śuddharaktamiti || maraṇādapi pāpātmā gataḥ pāpatarāṃ daśām || sasaidhavaṃ phalāmlaṃ vā koṣṇaṃ dadyādvirecanam || mūrchayatyanilaṃ mārgaṃ ruṇaddhyagniṃ hinasti ca || > In white soil it is astringent and sweet; in black, bitter; and in pale-yellow, > > in blue soil astringent-sweet, and in saline soil salty. > > \[Veins that are\] blue, yellow, and black, hot to the touch, and quick to bleed are pittaraktam. > > Those that are pale, unctuous, firm, cold, and itchy are kapharaktam. > > In a mixture of symptoms, they indicate dual or combined-doṣa blood. > > Those that are even, deep-seated, unctuous, and red are pure blood. > > The wicked-minded person has reached a state worse even than death. > > One should administer a lukewarm purgative with rock salt or sour fruits. > > It causes vāta to swoon, blocks the channels, and destroys the digestive fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.7) - [Next: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.9) - [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.6.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.8) · Pramāṇa