[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) › 6.14 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.14 English (machine translation) 6.14 - **Language:** English ### [6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.14) Spring water is sweet and pacifies pitta; well water from a stepped well is sweet and light. / River water should be known as vāta-aggravating, dry, and pungent. / The two ears, the two eyes, the two nostrils, the mouth, the anus, the urinary tract, and three others in women—the two breasts and the menstrual tract. / Likewise, there are thirteen other internal channels, seats of life, pathways for the vital breath, water, food, bodily tissues, and waste products. / All \[diseases\] indeed arise from all \[doṣas\], but the designation is made from the predominant one. / Or guggulu, or realgar, or resin of the sāla tree. / Burning sensation of the rectum and the abdominal cavity, pain in the scrotum and groin, / it blocks the heart with sharp pains and rushes about here and there. / May that indestructible god Skanda, the creator, be gracious to you. - [Previous: 6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.13) - [Next: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.15) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.6.14) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.14) · Pramāṇa