[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) › 7.7 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.7 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 7.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.7) yavakā hāyanāḥ pāṃsuvāpyanaiṣadhakādayaḥ | svādūṣṇā guravaḥ snigdhāḥ pāke 'mlāḥ śleṣmapittalāḥ || tayoḥ śoṇitakṣayāt pāṇḍurvivarṇo hīnarūpo mriyate | pārśvayorjaghanabahirbhāge pṛṣṭhavaṃśamubhayataḥ kukundarau | tayoḥ sparśājñānamadhaḥkāye ceṣṭānāśaśca | śroṇīkarṇayoruparyāśayacchādanau pārśvāntarapratibaddhau nitambau | tayoradhaḥkāye śopho daurbalyaṃ maraṇaṃ ca | adhaḥ pārśvāntarapratibaddhau jaghanapārśvamadhye tiryagūrdhvaṃ ca pārśvasandhī | tayoḥ śoṇitapūrṇakoṣṭhatayā maraṇam || jāteṣu caitāni liṅgāni pravyaktatarāṇi bhavanti || kākolūkavṛkadvīpigavāśvanakuloragam || vidyāt pittāvṛtaṃ svādutiktaistaṃ bastibhirharet || tadvadunmādāpasmāropaplutacittaṃ tathā jvarādyāmayopahatamapi | viśeṣataśca vraṇinaḥ pūyāsṛksnehagandhena || > The yavakā, hāyanā, pāṃsu, vāpya, naiṣadhaka, and other \[varieties of rice\] > are sweet, hot, heavy, unctuous, sour in vipāka, and provoke śleṣman and pitta. > From depletion of blood in them (the apālāpa marmans), one dies pale, discolored, and emaciated. > On both flanks, on the outer part of the hips, on either side of the spine, are the two kukundaras. > Injury to them causes loss of sensation in the lower body and loss of movement. > Above the hips and the ears, covering the viscera and attached between the flanks, are the two nitambas. > Injury to them causes swelling in the lower body, debility, and death. > Attached below within the flanks, between the hips and flanks, oblique and upward, are the two pārśvasandhis. > Injury to them causes death due to the abdomen filling with blood. > And when these are produced, these signs become more distinct. > \[The faces of\] a crow, an owl, a wolf, a leopard, a cow, a horse, a mongoose, a serpent— > One should know that it is enveloped by pitta; one should remove it with sweet and bitter enemas. > Likewise, one whose mind is afflicted with insanity or epilepsy, or who is afflicted by diseases such as fever— > and especially a wounded person, through the smell of pus, blood, and fat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.6) - [Next: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.8) - [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.7.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.293) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.7) · Pramāṇa