[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) › 7.13 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.13 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.13) śyāmākatoyaśyāmākahastiśyāmākaśilbikāḥ | śiśiroddālanīvāravarūkabarakotkaṭāḥ || tat punarmāṃsasirāsnāvāsthisandhisannipātaḥ | tena tasmin pīḍyamāne viśeṣataḥ prāṇābādhaḥ | bāhulyena tu nirdeśaḥ | tasmānmāṃsādyāśrayato marmāṇi pañcadhā bhidyante || tasyātipravṛttau raktakṣayopadravā bhavantīti | bhavati cātra ślokaḥ || drākṣayā svacchadhānyāmbuplutāloḍitakalkayā || nirharedvidhinā samyagudāvartahareṇa ca || kalipānapriyamasūyāvantaṃ paruṣabhāṣiṇaṃ bahvāśinaṃ ca kṛṣṇanavamīdvādaśyorniśi ca rākṣasāḥ || > śyāmāka, toyaśyāmāka, hastiśyāmāka, śilbikā, / śiśira, uddāla, nīvāra, varūka, and barakotkaṭa; // moreover, that is a confluence of muscle, vessels, ligaments, bones, and joints; / therefore, when it is injured, there is an impairment of life especially; / but the designation is according to the predominant element; / therefore, according to their substratum such as muscle, the vital points are divided into five classes; / upon its excessive discharge, complications of loss of blood arise; / and here is a verse: // with raisins, their paste immersed and stirred in clear coriander-water, // he should remove it thoroughly by the method that removes upward movement of vāta; / one who likes quarrelling and drinking, is envious, harsh-speaking, and eats much, and \[is possessed\] on the ninth and twelfth of the dark fortnight, at night—the Rākṣasas \[possess him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.12) - [Next: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.14) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.13) · Pramāṇa