[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) › 8.4 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.4 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 8.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.4) sa samyaksampannamannaṃ suparīkṣitaṃ viśuddhamagnyādiṣu prāgupanītaṃ śikhinā dṛṣṭamabhiprokṣitaṃ prokṣāṇaiḥ puraḥsthito rājānaṃ hastabaddhauṣadhiratnaṃ bhojayet || dvividhā vātādayaḥ prākṛtā vaikṛtāśca | tatra prākṛtāḥ saptavidhāyāḥ prakṛterhetubhūtāḥ śarīraikajanmānaḥ | te śarīradhāraṇāddhātusaṃjñāḥ | doṣākhyānāṃ vikṛtānāṃ bījabhūtāḥ | mumūrṣoḥ svarūpāccalanti | sarveṣvapi ca dehe sannihiteṣu prakṛtāvulbaṇena vyapadeśaḥ || visraṃsayatyadhobdhātuṃ hatvā tenaiva cānalam || śamanaṃ cauṣadhaṃ rūkṣadurbalasya tadeva tu || teṣāṃ śākhāpalāśamaciraprarūḍhaṃ varṣāvasantayorgrāhyam | grīṣme mūlāni śiśire vā śīrṇaprarūḍhaparṇānām | śaradi tvakkandakṣīrāṇi | hemante sārāṇi | yathartu puṣpaphalam || vajraproktā vayasthā ca śṛṅgī mohanavalyapi || > Standing in front \[of him\], he should feed the king food that is well-prepared, thoroughly examined, purified, first offered to the fires and other \[deities\], gazed upon by a peacock, sprinkled with sprinkling waters, while he has tied medicines and gems to his hand. > > Those \[entities\] beginning with vāta are of two kinds: natural and unnatural. > > Among them, the natural ones are the causal agents of the sevenfold constitution, having their origin simultaneously with the body. > > Because they sustain the body, they are called bodily tissues. > > They are the root causes of the unnatural \[factors\] termed doṣas. > > In one about to die, they deviate from their natural state. > > And even when all \[three\] are present in the body, the designation of constitution is made according to the predominant one. > > Having destroyed the digestive fire, it displaces the bodily tissue downward by that very means. > > And pacifying medicine alone \[is prescribed\] for one who is dry and weak. > > The branches and leaves of these \[plants\] that have recently sprouted should be gathered during the rainy and spring seasons; > > roots in the summer or in the dewy season from those whose leaves have fallen or sprouted; > > bark, tubers, and latex in the autumn; > > heartwoods in the winter; > > flowers and fruits according to the season. > > \[Also\] the one called vajrā, vayasthā, śṛṅgī, and mohanavallī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.3) - [Next: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.5) - [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.8.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Paribhāṣāpradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.paribhasa.paribhasapradipa.1.80) — Govindasena, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.4) · Pramāṇa