[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) › 7.18 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.18 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.18) rūkṣaḥ śīto guruḥ svāduḥ saro viḍvātakṛdyavaḥ | vṛṣyaḥ sthairyakaro mūtramedaḥpittakaphān jayet || somo hi sthairyaśaityābhyāṃ prāṇān dhārayati | tānyapi ca kadācidabhihatāni mārayanti || bādhiryatimiraśvāsaśirorukkāsapīnasāḥ || pibecca sutarāṃ madyaṃ jīrṇaṃ srotoviśodhanam || pārśvacchidraṃ tathā vakramaṣṭau netrāṇi varjayet || medhastanitavidyudvṛṣṭīrvācā visṛjantamindreṇa | dhanāni vācā prayacchantamācchindantaṃ ca dhanadena | surāsavasamagandhaṃ kāṣṭhatṛṇarajjvādi sarvaṃ pāśamabhimanyamānaṃ varuṇena || > dry, cold, heavy, sweet, laxative, producing feces and vāta is barley; / aphrodisiac, stability-producing, it conquers urine, fat, pitta, and kapha; // for soma supports the vital breaths by its stability and coolness; / even those, when struck, kill at times; // deafness, dark vision, dyspnea, headache, cough, and chronic coryza; // and he should especially drink aged liquor, which clears the bodily channels; // with a lateral hole and crooked: these eight nozzles one should avoid; // emitting clouds, thunder, lightning, and rain by his speech—\[possessed\] by Indra; / giving away wealth by speech and taking it away—by Dhanada; / smelling like wine and liquor, regarding everything such as wood, grass, and ropes as a noose—by Varuṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.17) - [Next: 7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.19) - [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.7.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.301) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Āyurvedasaukhya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.ayurvedasaukhya.17.2) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1565, Sanskrit - [Bhāvasvabhāva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.dravyaguna.bhavasvabhava.17.3) — Mādhavadeva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.18) · Pramāṇa