[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) › 1.19 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.19 English (machine translation) 1.19 - **Language:** English ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.19) Constantly useful, difficult to understand, all-pervading by nature, / wherein internal medicine especially has been compiled. Others say sixteen nights. / Some say even a month for a woman whose vagina, uterus, and menstrual fluid are purified. / Likewise, others say that there is also \[a woman\] whose menstrual fluid is not seen. A disease arisen under the asterism leads to distress or death. Bathing, inunction, poultices, and over-saturation, and fasting. Especially, however, jīmūtaka in fever, dyspnea, hiccup, and the like. Likewise, a brāhmaṇa knowing the Atharvaveda should perform the propitiatory rite for ten days. / He should recite the Māyūrī, the Mahāmāyūrī, and the Āryāratnaketudhāriṇī at both twilights. - [Previous: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.18) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.20) - [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.1.19) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.19) · Pramāṇa