[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) › 5.37 # Ashtangasamgraha 5.37 English (machine translation) 5.37 - **Language:** English ### [5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.37) clarity of intellect, complexion, and sense faculties, virility, and longevity. Those that arise from spirits, poison, wind, fire, trauma, fractures, and the like— five of them are in the head, and one each in the tongue and penis; and they must be avoided with the sharp instrument. Accompanied by facial swelling, sweet taste \[in the mouth\], torpor, nausea, and cough. A prastha prepared with clarified butter cures heart disease and colic caused by vāta and pitta. And that \[rite\] was performed with the sounds of celestial kettle-drums, mṛdaṅgas, and other instruments. By mighty, brown-eyed, shaven-headed, misshapen, and dwarfish \[beings\], - [Previous: 5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.36) - [Next: 5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.58) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.37) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.37) · Pramāṇa