[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) › 8.24 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.24 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.24) mandaṃ tīkṣṇaviṣābhyāsādviṣamutkṣīyate bhṛśam | tasmāttīkṣṇaviṣaṃ haste badhnīyātkuśalo bhiṣak || santi punaḥ karmaviśeṣādūnādhikavarṣaśatajīvino manuṣyāḥ | teṣāṃ yathoktaiḥ prakṛtiviśeṣairāyuṣaḥ pramāṇamupalabhya vayastridhā vibhajet || pārśvoruvaṅkṣaṇagrīvārujābhīkṣṇaṃ viṣūcikā || tadvadviḍaṅgatriphalākṛmighnaparipelavam || ghṛtasya phenopaśamastailasya tu tadudbhavaḥ | lehasya tantumattāpsu majjanaṃ saraṇaṃ na ca || pāṭalīhiṃgusiddhārthasiṃhīniśāyuglatārohiṇaiḥ || > Through habitual exposure to sharp poison, slow poison is intensely consumed; > therefore, a skilled physician should bind sharp poison to his hand. > > Moreover, due to particular karmas, there are men who live less or more than a hundred years. > Having ascertained the measure of their lifespan by the specific constitutions as described, one should divide age into three stages. > > Pain in the flanks, thighs, groin, and neck, and frequent cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea. > Likewise viḍaṅga, triphalā, kṛmighna, and paripelava. > Subsidence of foam indicates \[the perfection\] of medicated ghee, but its emergence indicates \[that of medicated\] oil; > for a linctus, it is stringiness, sinking in water, and not spreading. > With pāṭalī, hiṅgu, white mustard, siṃhī, the two kinds of turmeric, and latārohiṇī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.23) - [Next: 8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.25) - [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.8.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.24) · Pramāṇa