[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) › 4.8 # Ashtangasamgraha 4.8 English (machine translation) 4.8 - **Language:** English ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.8) Directions and the sun are grey with smoke and dull with dust, their discs obscured by frost; From the coldness of the wind, the north brings goosebumps. Seizing the head and neck, and afflicting the chest and flanks; and vidārī, one prastha of ghee cooked with a karṣa measure of each of those; rāsnā, balā, chinnaruhā, aśvagandhā, punarnavā, āragvadha, devadāru, with kuṣṭha and with ghee, this fumigation liberates from all seizing spirits. - [Previous: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.7) - [Next: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.9) - [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.4.8) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.8) · Pramāṇa