[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) › 1.21 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.21 English (machine translation) 1.21 - **Language:** English ### [1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.21) Vāyu, pitta, and kapha: these are the three doṣas in brief. / Each of them is threefold, through the distinctions of increase, decrease, and equilibrium. When the fertile period has passed, the vagina does not receive semen thereafter. Or from the eleventh day, in Mṛga for six or nine nights. In \[a condition\] characterized by urticaria, rhinitis, dyspnea, and pain in the shanks, joints, and bones, / consisting of vāta and śleṣman, sudation is commended; he should administer it. Powder or paste of jīmūtaka with cold water in \[a condition\] caused by pitta; / that very \[powder or paste\] with hot \[water\] in \[a condition\] caused by vātakapha or caused by kapha. And one should keep a fire of broken grain, thorns, and tinduka wood burning night and day. / Likewise affectionate women and friends. / And that house should be kept filled with cheerful people. - [Previous: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.20) - [Next: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.22) - [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.1.21) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.21) · Pramāṇa