[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) › 1.36 # Ashtangasamgraha 1.36 English (machine translation) 1.36 - **Language:** English ### [1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.36) The post-digestive effect of a substance is threefold, consisting of sweet, sour, and pungent. Heavy, slow, cold, unctuous, smooth, dense, soft, and stable; likewise, fair complexion arises from the use of sweet things such as milk and the mother's water sports; dark complexion arises from food of sesame and burning things; sallow complexion arises from mixed things; and variation of complexion arises from conformity to region and family. When the abdomen is constipated, painful, and has cutting pains, one should drink \[it\]. Clean, washed, blown by the wind, devoid of wrinkles, and soft. - [Previous: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.35) - [Next: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.37) - [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.1.36) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.1.36) · Pramāṇa