[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) › 4.10 # Ashtangasamgraha 4.10 English (machine translation) 4.10 - **Language:** English ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.10) covered with sheets of snow, with fish and birds hidden away, / the rivers steaming and warm: such are the waters of wells at the arrival of winter. // First \[he should prescribe\] fasting; then a drink made from a decoction of durālabhā, amṛtā, uśīra, parpaṭaka, ghana, candana, ativiṣā, balā, kaṭvaṅga, and dhānyāka; / a gruel made of wild grains, śāli, or ṣaṣṭika rice, and food with soups of mung beans and the like; / but once the āma is conquered, unctuous and cold \[substances\] as before. // Lying down, he breathes with difficulty; seated, he finds relief. // In a droṇa of water, one should cook rāsnā, the ten roots, and śatāvarī, / measuring one pala \[each\], along with two kuḍavas of horse gram, jujube, and barley. // Mixed with honey, with oil, and with urine, this evacuating enema conquers \[it\], scraping and stimulating the digestive fire. // With śṛgālavinnā and mustā made into a paste, one should cook ghee; / mixed with the juice of the ten roots and milk, it is supreme in overcoming grahas. - [Previous: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.9) - [Next: 4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.11) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.10) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.10) · Pramāṇa