[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) › 8.23 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.23 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.23) tato vijñāya śuddhiṃ ca bhājanasyodakasya ca | āhāramupayuñjīta yathāvadvasudhādhipaḥ || bālyaṃ vṛddhiḥ prabhā medhāṃ tvakśukrākṣiśnutīndriyam | daśakeṣu kramādvyeti manassarvendriyāṇi ca || mūrchā śirorugviṣṭambhaḥ śvayathuḥ karapādayoḥ || svarasena kapitthācca sakṣaudreṇa vamiṃ jayet || sa kālastasyāvataraṇāya || ghṛtamanavamaśeṣamūtrāṃśāsiddhaṃ mataṃ bhūtarāvāhvayaṃ pānatastadgrahaghnaṃ param || > Then, having ascertained the purity of both the vessel and the water, > the king should properly take his meal. > > Childhood, growth, radiance, intellect, skin, semen, vision, hearing, \[the organs of sense\], > the mind, and all the faculties gradually slip away in \[successive\] decades. > > Fainting, headache, constipation, and swelling of the hands and feet. > One should overcome vomiting with the fresh juice of kapittha mixed with honey. > That is the time for taking it down \[from the fire\]. > Medicated ghee prepared with aged ghee and the remaining urine parts, known as 'Bhūtarāva,' when drunk, is supreme for destroying grahas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.22) - [Next: 8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.24) - [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.8.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.23) · Pramāṇa