Ashtangasamgraha 2.18
English (machine translation) 2.18
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2.18
And with them he should avoid staying in secret and jesting; / [he should avoid] a patient who is despised by the king or good physicians, who hates them, or who is an enemy;
this is the natural state; / deviation from it is abnormal.
For those fever patients overpowered by chronic fever, it is like nectar.
[One may use] trivṛt with vyoṣa, trijātaka, mustā, kṛmighna, and āmalaka.
When there is an indicated combination [of doṣas], one should give for drinking a decoction of mustā, pāṭhā, ativiṣā, kuṣṭha, and kaṭukā;
or of rāsnā, ajamodā, priyaṅgu, and bhadradāru;
or of pāṭhā, tejovatī, punarnavā, and vṛścikālī;
or of bhūnimba, amṛtā, kuṭaja fruit, and sārivā;
or of the vacā or haridrā groups;
or of the great decoction beginning with pāṭhā;
or of leaves of jambū, āmra, tinduka, and kapittha;
or pieces of bilva;
and when secondary symptoms develop, one should counteract them according to the disease.
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- Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit