[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) › 7.40 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.40 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.40) kṣuttṛṣṇāglānidaurbalyakukṣirogajvarāpahā | malānulomanī pathyā peyā dīpanapācanī || pacettaccāśu śoṣaghnaṃ tadvadvāsāvarīghṛtam || ahitānnādyathādoṣaṃ rogāḥ syurbheṣajāni ca || > Overcoming hunger, thirst, exhaustion, debility, abdominal disorders, and fever, / promoting the natural downward movement of waste products, wholesome, thick gruel stimulates the digestive fire and digests \[undigested food\]. / And one should quickly cook that which destroys wasting, just as ghee prepared with vāsā and balā. / From unwholesome food arise diseases and remedies according to each doṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.39) - [Next: 7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.41) - [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.7.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.318) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Dravyaguṇasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.nighantu.dravyaguna.dravyagunasamgraha.13.5) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.40) · Pramāṇa