[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) › 3.9 # Ashtangasamgraha 3.9 English (machine translation) 3.9 - **Language:** English ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.9) After bathing, when about to eat, after eating, after sleeping, after sneezing, at the worship of the gods, / and after stepping onto the road, one should sip water while seated, facing north / or facing east, staying in a secluded place, not with knees outward, not looking around, / silent, wearing an upper garment, with clean \[water\] reaching the root of the thumb. // By this regimen, beginning from the first month, at the time of delivery the pregnant woman's uterus, abdomen, pelvis, flanks, and back become soft; / vāyu is directed downward; / urine and feces become normal, and the placenta finds its path; / and strong, she easily delivers an agreeable, healthy, long-lived, and happy son at the proper time. // And aggravated, it issues forth through all the hair follicles. // Otherwise, one should restrain it quickly; it acts rapidly like fire. // There, cutting pain with a burning sensation occurs in the navel, bladder, rectum, and penis, along with obstruction of wind and constipation. // children who have filthy wet-nurses, who weep at twilight, and are unclean: - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.10) - [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.3.9) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.3.9) · Pramāṇa