[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) › [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt) › 1.13 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.13 English (machine translation) 1.13 - **Language:** English ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.13) Praised by them, these treatises attained established status on earth. / Each single one among them, however, is not comprehensive in the cure of all diseases. There, \[semen that is\] thin, dry, frothy, reddish, scanty, interrupted, painful, and ejaculated after a long time is caused by vāta; \[that which is\] slightly yellow, non-slimy, slightly dark-blue, or burning, as it were, is discharged by pitta; \[that which is\] associated with marrow, abundant, viscous, and sinks slightly in water is caused by śleṣman; \[that which has\] the smell of a corpse and is copious is caused by blood; \[that which has\] become nodular is caused by vāta and śleṣman; \[that which\] resembles foul pus is caused by pitta and śleṣman; \[that which is\] depleted is caused by vāta and pitta. That has been stated along with its cure previously. \[That which has\] the odor of urine and feces is caused by the combination of all three doṣas. And having stimulated the digestive fire and softened the bodily channels, one should purify \[them\]. On the third or fourth day, breast milk begins to flow in women. - [Previous: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.12) - [Next: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.14) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.13) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.13) · Pramāṇa