Ashtangasamgraha 2.24

2.24

Since, if the physician is deficient in qualities, the limbs are useless even if endowed with qualities, / while he, if endowed with qualities, can sustain patients even if lacking the limbs.
Then it is called an āsekya; / and he obtains an erection from tasting semen.
Likewise, coldness, profound sleep, and wakefulness during the night.
Therefore, in chronic fever dominated by vāta, they are generally not beneficial, / as they produce pain, upward movement of vāta, and abdominal distension, and increase fever.
Having powdered svarṇakṣīrī, one should macerate it in cow’s urine for three days; / this formulation, suitable for all seasons, removes waste products and doṣas for oleated persons.
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