[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) › 2.38 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.38 English (machine translation) 2.38 - **Language:** English ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.38) He who proceeds having accomplished his purpose surpasses everything. Especially a woman; and one should treat her diseases with mild, sweet, cool, and comfortable medicines, food, and regimens; and one should not administer emesis and the like to her, nor bloodletting, except that from the eighth month onward, \[one may administer\] an asthāpāna or an anuvāsana enema; moreover, in disorders manageable by emesis and the like, one should approach her with mild measures that achieve that purpose, \[and\] one should treat a pregnant woman without causing agitation, as if \[holding\] a vessel full of oil. And here are verses on the subject: Here, that which arises from trauma is of four kinds, due to wounds, excisions, burns, and the like. Celestial water revives him and quickly restrains his fever. Easily in a child four years old up to twelve years old. Massage along with drinking and inunction of these is beneficial for a child. - [Previous: 2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.37) - [Next: 2.38\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.38_1) - [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.2.38) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.38) · Pramāṇa