[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) › 26.28 # Ashtangasamgraha 26.28 English (machine translation) 26.28 - **Language:** English ### [26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.28) nor to a pregnant woman, a menstruating woman, or a newly delivered woman, or \[only\] mildly in an acute emergency; \[it is indicated\] in dyspnea, cough, catarrh, hiccup, flatulence, and constipation, in hoarseness, vāta disorders, hemiplegia, and apastambha. However, having grasped what is enlarged with a hook or forceps and cut it with a round-tipped knife, one should rub it with sharp substances. A mouth-gargle is made with pungent and sharp substances, or oil dusted with barley-ash. - [Previous: 26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.27) - [Next: 26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.29) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.26.28) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.28) · Pramāṇa