[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) › 6.40 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.40 English (machine translation) 6.40 - **Language:** English ### [6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.40) Except in autumn and summer, even a healthy person should drink only a little. / Water drunk before a meal produces loss of digestive fire and emaciation of the body. // When swooning with pitta, it is sharp; when tormented by this kapha, it is slow. // Having cooked oil with prasannā-wine and sour gruel, one should administer an unctuous enema. - [Previous: 6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.39) - [Next: 6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.41) - [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.6.40) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.40) · Pramāṇa