[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) › 26.7 # Ashtangasamgraha 26.7 English (machine translation) 26.7 - **Language:** English ### [26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.7) Having steamed \[the substances\] in the mouth of a pot as before, fitting another pot on its mouth / having a side-hole of the dimension of the base-opening of a pipe, and smearing it \[to seal it\], with a pipe fitted to that side-hole—made of reed-grass, hollow bamboo, split bamboo, a reed-mat, or leaves of karañja, shaped like an elephant's trunk, one vyāma or one and a half vyāmas in length, with the channels of the base and tip measuring one fourth and one eighth of its length respectively, with any apertures covered all around with vāta-alleviating leaves, bent twice or thrice—one should bring the steam to the person comfortably seated, whose body is well anointed and covered. / For the steam, travelling tortuously, has its fierce force checked and, without burning the skin, comfortably foments; this is tube sudation. / And rubbing \[is performed\] with the substances mentioned for kapha-born \[ailments\]. / The oil mentioned for water-tumors is the healing agent. - [Previous: 26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.6) - [Next: 26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.8) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.33.7) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.26.7) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.26.7) · Pramāṇa