[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) › 7.15 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.15 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.15) kaphapittaharā rūksāḥ kaṣāyamadhurā himāḥ | vātalā baddhaviṇmūtrā laghavo lekhanātmakāḥ || purīṣaṃ vātaviṇmūtrasaṅgaṃ kurvīta dāruṇam || śuktāmladhātrīsvarasairdrākṣāyāḥ kalkitaṃ palam || tatsiddhatailo deyaḥ syānnirūhaḥ sānuvāsanaḥ || tadvidhameva ca prāyaḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ navamyāṃ ca guruvṛddhasiddhāḥ | tathaiva ca snānaśuciviviktasevinaṃ dharmaśāstraśrutikāvyakuśalamṛṣayaḥ || > they destroy kapha and pitta, are dry, astringent, sweet, cold, / aggravate vāta, bind feces and urine, are light, and scraping in nature; // \[it\] causes harsh constipation and obstruction of vāta, feces, and urine; // one pala of paste of raisins with fermented gruel, sour juice of āmalakī, // with oil cooked with those, an evacuating enema should be given accompanied by an unctuous enema; // and similarly \[one possessed\] mostly on the sixth and ninth \[lunar days\]—by preceptors, elders, and Siddhas; / likewise, one who is devoted to bathing, purity, and solitude, and skilled in legal treatises, scripture, and poetry—the sages \[possess him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.14) - [Next: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.16) - [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.7.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.15) · Pramāṇa