Ashtangasamgraha 8.27
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.27
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8.27
mahānasaṃ susaṃmṛṣṭaṃ viśvāsyajanasevitam |
saddvāssthādhiṣṭhitadvāraṃ kakṣyāvatsuvitānakam ||
api ca |
na muhyeddehamātradarśanādeva bhiṣagayamupacayena māhāśarīratvādvā balavānayaṃ kṛśatvādalpaśarīratvādvālpabala iti |
taccobhayamapyanyathā dṛṣṭaṃ gajasiṃhe ||
pittena nīlaṃ pītābhaṃ pītābhaḥ sṛjati dravam ||
koṣṭhāśrayamahāmarmapīḍākaratarā hi sā ||
The kitchen should be very clean, attended by trustworthy persons,
with its door guarded by good door-keepers, having compartments, and fitted with a good canopy.
Moreover:
A physician should not be deluded merely by seeing the body, [thinking,] 'This man is strong because of corpulence or because of possessing a large frame,' or 'This man is of little strength because of emaciation or possessing a small frame.'
For both cases are seen otherwise in an elephant and a lion.
Through pitta, one expels blue or yellowish liquid.
For it is indeed more prone to causing pain in the trunk and the great vital points.
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