[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) › 4.14 # Ashtangasamgraha 4.14 English (machine translation) 4.14 - **Language:** English ### [4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.14) Companion to the fire, the cold \[vāta\] would become especially vitiated in the cold; / therefore, in winter, one should resort to unctuous, sweet, sour, and salty tastes. // And the belly does not grow: / they call that \[condition\] upaviṣṭaka. // But when every month, or every day, there is a discharge of menstrual fluid, and it is not very small, while the diminishing embryo twitches slightly only after a long time, / and the belly, though enlarged, decreases: / that is upaśuṣkaka and nāgodara. // Possessed of sweating and fainting, possessed of abdominal distension, with burning and obstruction in the bladder, // afflicted with cough, he should lick \[it\] and drink goat's milk afterward. // With sugar, honey, and ghee, well-cooled, accompanied by the jīvanīya \[drugs\], it destroys pitta disorders. // And one should employ whichever ghees have been stated in the science of spirits. - [Previous: 4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.13) - [Next: 4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.15) - [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.4.14) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.14) · Pramāṇa