[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) › 8.20 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.20 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.20) karṇapūraṇaprayukte śophaśūlapākāḥ śrotravaiguṇyaṃ ca | tatra bahupatrāsvaraso ghṛtakṣaudrasaṃyuktaḥ pratipūraṇaṃ somavalkaraso vā suśītaḥ | mukhālepaprayukte mukhaśyāvatā padmakaṇṭakā bhavantyabhyaṅgajāśca vikārāḥ | tatra madhukapayasyābandhujīvabhañjīpunarnavacandanaiḥ saghṛtairlepo madhusarpiṣī pānam | saviṣapuṣpāghrāṇācchirovyathā sāśrunetratvaṃ gandhājñānaṃ ca | tatrānantarokto vidhirbāṣpoditaśceti || tatrāṣoḍaśādvarṣādbālam | ā ṣaṣṭermadhyam | tato vṛddham | teṣvapi stanyāhārobhayavṛttyā bālaṃ trividham | tasmin dehapramāṇavṛddhiḥ śleṣmodrekaśca | tena bālasya snehamārdavasaukumāryālpakrodhatvasaubhāgyāni bhavanti || yuktena koṣṇatoyena durbalaṃ copavāsayet || snehapāke tvamānoktau caturguṇavivardhitam | kalkasnehadravaṃ yojyamadhīte śaunakaḥ punaḥ || digdhāhatān darpitasarpadaṣṭāṃ stesādhayantyañjananasyalepaiḥ || > When \[poison\] is applied as ear-drops, there is swelling, earache, suppuration, and auditory impairment. > > There, fresh juice of bahupatrā mixed with ghee and honey should be dropped in, or thoroughly cooled juice of somavalka. > > When \[poison\] is applied as a face ointment, there is darkening of the face, thorny eruptions, and the disorders born of unction. > > There, an unguent of madhuka, payasyā, bandhujīva, bhañjī, punarnavā, and candana with ghee \[is prescribed\]; > > Honey and ghee are a drink. > > From smelling a poisoned flower, there is headache, tearful eyes, and loss of smell. > > There, the method just stated and that described for vapor \[should be applied\]. > > Among them, up to sixteen years of age is a child; > > Up to sixty is middle age; > > Beyond that is old age. > > Among them too, a child is of three kinds: by living on breast milk, on \[solid\] food, or on both. > > In that \[childhood\] there is increase in bodily dimensions and an excess of śleṣman. > > Therefore, a child has unctuousness, softness, tenderness, mildness of anger, and charm. > > One should make a weak person fast, accompanied by lukewarm water. > > In cooking medicated fat, when the measure is stated, it should be increased fourfold; > > The liquid for the paste and the fat should be employed, as Śaunaka further teaches. > > They cure those struck by poisoned arrows or bitten by proud snakes through collyriums, snuffs, and unguents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.19) - [Next: 8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.21) - [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.8.20) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.15.20) — Indu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.20) · Pramāṇa