[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) › 3.26 # Ashtangasamgraha 3.26 English (machine translation) 3.26 - **Language:** English ### [3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.26) After seven nights from this, one should apply rasāñjana to promote drainage; / thereafter, aṇutaila for nasal medication, and then holding mouthfuls of fluid. or with piṇḍītaka. / And one should tie the root of hiraṇyapuṣpī to the hands and feet, or keep suvarcalā or viśalyā \[on the body\]. Because \[the mouth\] is wide open, a sound resembling broken bell-metal issues from the mouth. \[Preparations\] made from makuṣṭha and dhanvayāsa are considered superior in bleeding disorder. In that vessel washed and cleaned with lukewarm water, \[if the blood does not stain, it is\] living blood; / but if it is discolored, one should know it to be a bleeding disorder. / Or one should give food mixed with it to a dog or a crow; / if it is eaten, one should say it is living blood; if uneaten, \[it is affected by\] pitta. Boils with burning sensation, pain, and suppuration would occur again and again in the joints. - [Previous: 3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.25) - [Next: 3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.27) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.3.26) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.26) · Pramāṇa