[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) › 2.8 # Ashtangasamgraha 2.8 English (machine translation) 2.8 - **Language:** English ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.8) Learned in many scriptures, aware of the proper time, knowing the texts, versed in the science of wealth \[and meaning\], / and who treats helpless sick persons like sons. When there is a mixture of specific characteristics, however, the intermediate conditions derive from whichever is predominant. Churning in the shoulders, piercing pain in the arms, pressure in the shoulder-joints. With powders of kṛṣṇā, aṃśumatī, ativiṣā, kaṭukā, sevya, and candana, / licked with honey and ghee, one is well purged, / \[when\] afflicted by the fever of combined doṣas, stiffness, thirst, and burning sensation. - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.9) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.2.8) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.2.8) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.2.8) · Pramāṇa