[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) › 15.15 # Ashtangasamgraha 15.15 English (machine translation) 15.15 - **Language:** English ### [15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15.15) Khadira, āmalaka, aruṣkara, niśā, abhayā, saptaparṇa, and karavīra, / and caturaṅgula, viḍaṅga, and young sprouts of jātī destroy cutaneous disease. / Located there, seated in the tendons, it causes sciatica, extension spasms, and hunchback posture. / Or similarly with errhine substances. / And having thus fomented it, avoiding the scrotal raphe, having incised it with a bistoury, and removing the fat, one should smear it with iron sulphate, rock salt, and honey, and suture it. / Then one should prepare an oil with jasmine buds, realgar, cardamom, and bhallātaka for massage. / And until the healing of the wound, \[one should employ\] oleation and sudation. / The vision caused by pitta is called drasvā; it sees \[objects as\] drasvā; / it is known as pitta-scorched vision, yellow, and seeing \[everything\] with a yellow appearance. - [Previous: 15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15.14) - [Next: 15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15.16) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.15.15) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.15.15) · Pramāṇa