[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) › 9.16 # Ashtangasamgraha 9.16 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 9.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.16) pādāṃśena tyajetsātmyamahitaṃ hitamācaret | ekāntaraṃ tataścordhvaṃ dvyantaraṃ tryantaraṃ tathā || ārdreṣu sarvagātreṣu so 'rdhamāsaṃ na jīvati || svaraso dāḍimāt kvāthaḥ pañcamūlāt kanīyasaḥ || snigdhāsvinnasya bastīṃśca śirasaśca virecanam | tathāsya śuddhadehasya prasādaṃ labhate manaḥ || > One should discard unwholesome accustomed habits by one quarter, and adopt the wholesome; / then on alternate days, thereafter with an interval of two days, and likewise with an interval of three days. > If all his limbs are wet, he does not live for half a month. > Fresh juice from pomegranate, a decoction from the lesser five roots. > Enemas for one who has been oleated and sweated, and head-purgation; / then the mind of him whose body has been purified attains clarity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.15) - [Next: 9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.17) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.16) · Pramāṇa