[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) › 1.34 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.34 English (machine translation) 1.34 - **Language:** English ### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.34) Among them, the first three destroy vāta; the three beginning with bitter destroy kapha; astringent, bitter, and sweet pacify pitta; the others produce it. Then she should wear on her head and right hand the ten herbs called fetus-stabilizers, and she should drink milk or ghee prepared with these. With these very \[herbs\] she should bathe at each Puṣya constellation and always anoint herself. Likewise, the constant use of all life-giving herbs through various preparations—these are the fetus-stabilizers. One afflicted with kapha \[should drink gruel\] cooked with barley and the great pañcamūla. The knowledgeable physician should place the head of the infant toward the east or north. - [Previous: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.33) - [Next: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.35) - [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.1.34) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.34) · Pramāṇa