[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) › 2.24 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.24 English (machine translation) 2.24 - **Language:** English ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.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. And here are \[verses\]: - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.25) - [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.2.24) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.24) · Pramāṇa