[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) › 6.7 # Ashtangasamgraha 6.7 English (machine translation) 6.7 - **Language:** English ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.7) One should always drink \[water\] kept in a golden or earthen vessel, which is uncorrupted; / and in its absence, \[terrestrial water\] located on the ground that resembles celestial water. This same division applies also to pitta, śleṣman, and pure blood. For when positioned thus, the doṣas sustain the body; / but by improper distribution they afflict it. This alone is the supreme guide on the many-pathed road to ruin. In abdominal distension, udāvarta, and tamaka \[asthma\], with mātuluṅga and amlavetasa, an enema containing liquor, feces, and urine, together with paste, brings him back \[to health\]. - [Previous: 6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.6) - [Next: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.8) - [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.6.7) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.6.7) · Pramāṇa