[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) › 2.18 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.18 English (machine translation) 2.18 - **Language:** English ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.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. - [Previous: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.17) - [Next: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.19) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.18) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.18) · Pramāṇa