[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) › 8.16 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.16 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.16) pakvāśayagataṃ tṛḍdāhamūrcchātīsārāṭopatandrendriyavikṛtibalabhraṃśakārśyapāṇḍutvodarāṇi janayati | tatra nīlinīphalayuktena sarpiṣā virecanaṃ samākṣikaṃ ca dūṣīviṣāriṃ dadhnā pāyayet | dantakāṣṭhaprayukte tu viṣe kūrcakaviśaraṇamauṣadhagandho rūkṣatā tāludantajihvoṣṭhamāṃsaśophaśca tatra pracchāya dhātakīpuṣpajāmbavāsthiharītakīcūrṇaiḥ sakṣaudraiḥ saptacchadakalkena vā pratisāraṇaṃ kuryāt | dāḍimakaramadarbhavyāmrātakakolabadararasakṣaudrayuktaṃ gaṇḍūṣam | anena jihvānirlekhanakavalagaṇḍūṣā vyākhyātāḥ || tāstadabhinirvṛttaireva yathoktaiḥ śaucādibhirjānīyāt || kolāsthimajjāsrotojalājotpalarajāṃsi vā || yathā tu sarvabhiṣajo vijñāsyanti tathopadekṣyate | niryāsasya madhyamā mātrā catuṣpalam | kalkacūrṇayoḥ karṣaḥ palatrayaṃ tadāloḍane || ebhirevauṣadhairbastavāriṇā kalpito 'gadaḥ || > When \[the poison\] has entered the large intestine, it produces thirst, burning sensation, fainting, diarrhea, rumbling in the bowels, lethargy, sensory impairment, loss of strength, emaciation, pallor, and abdominal enlargement. > > There, purgation should be administered with ghee mixed with nīlinī fruit, and one should give \[the patient\] Dūṣīviṣāri to drink with curd mixed with honey. > > When poison is applied to a toothbrush twig, however, there is shedding of its brush-bristles, the odor of medicine, dryness, and swelling of the palate, teeth, tongue, and lips. There, having scarified, one should rub \[the area\] with powders of dhātakī flowers, jambu seeds, and harītakī mixed with honey, or with a paste of saptacchada. > > A mouth gargle should be made with the juice of pomegranate, karamarda, fragrant mango, kola, and badara, mixed with honey. > > By this, tongue scrapers, mouthwashes, and gargles are explained. > > One should know them by those very cleansing procedures, etc., that have arisen from them as stated. > > Or the pulp of kola seeds, antimony, popped rice, and the dust of blue lotuses. > > However, it will be taught in such a way that all physicians will understand: > > The medium dose of a plant extract is four palas; > > Of a paste or powder, a karṣa; \[and\] three palas of a liquid for stirring them. > > With these very drugs an antidote is prepared using he-goat's urine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.15) - [Next: 8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.17) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.16) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.15.16) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.16) · Pramāṇa