[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) › 7.22 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.22 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.22) śimbijā mudgamaṅgalyavanamudgamakuṣṭhakāḥ | masūrakaphalāḍhakyaścaṇakāścapṛthagvidhāḥ || pāṇipādacchede hi sirāḥ saṅkocamāyānti | tatolpāsṛkpravṛtterjīvitam | marmavyadhe tvatiraktasrutito vāyuvaikṛtena ca maraṇam | tasmānmarmābhihatasya tadaṅgamāśu sandhideśācchedanīyam | atihatānāṃ tu marmāṇāṃ yathāsvaṃ pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ ca karma īṣadante vā hatānāmuttarottarameva || kṛcchrasādhyāni tānyāhuḥ parisaṃvatsarāṇi ca || jīvantīṃ madhukaṃ drākṣāṃ phalāni kuṭajasya ca || uttānaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvaṃ sapta śayyāḥ parityajet || > The legumes are mudga, maṅgalya, vana-mudga, makuṣṭhaka, / masūra, kalāya, āḍhakī, and chickpeas, which are of various types. // For when hands and feet are severed, the vessels contract; / therefore, due to minimal hemorrhage, life continues; / but upon piercing of a marma, death occurs due to excessive blood loss and disorder of vāta. / Therefore, when a marma is injured, that limb should quickly be amputated from the joint region. / For marmas that are severely struck, each prior function is lost, or when struck slightly at the margin, subsequent functions \[are impaired\]. // Those \[hemorrhoids\] are declared difficult to cure, as are those that have lasted a full year. // Jīvantī, madhuka, grapes, and the fruits of kuṭaja... // One should abandon \[patients lying with\] an upturned \[face\] or on the right side on seven beds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.21) - [Next: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.23) - [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.7.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.22) · Pramāṇa