[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) › 48.1 # Ashtangasamgraha 48.1 English (machine translation) 48.1 - **Language:** English ### [48.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.48.1) Now we shall explain the chapter named 'The Therapeutic Use of Poison'; thus said Ātreya and the other great seers: / Counter-poison should be employed against poison when it is not subdued by mantras and therapies, / after the fifth stage of poisoning has passed and before the seventh is exceeded, / with pure intent, \[yet\] without proclaiming it to anyone or to the ruler. - [Previous: 47.83\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.47.83_1) - [Next: 48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.48.2) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.48) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.159.1) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.48.1) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.48.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.48.1) · Pramāṇa