[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) › 6.3 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.3 English (machine translation) 6.3 - **Language:** English ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.3) Because it is lifted up and released by the sun, it is light and eliminates vāta and kapha; due to its coldness, enlivening power, and mild nature, it overcomes disorders of pitta, blood, and poison. / Among them, sixteen are not to be punctured. One hundred and thirty-six are in the trunk; among them, thirty-two \[are not to be punctured\]. One hundred and sixty-four are above; among them also, fifty \[are not to be punctured\]. They lead to the end of life; but in poison, \[they act\] by their excessive function. / By them, even what is latent, once liquefied, reaches the alimentary tract and is easily eliminated. / Cold, with too little unctuous or saline substances, or too dense: / - [Previous: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.2) - [Next: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.4) - [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.6.3) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.3) · Pramāṇa