[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) › 7.13 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.13 English (machine translation) 7.13 - **Language:** English ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.13) śyāmāka, toyaśyāmāka, hastiśyāmāka, śilbikā, / śiśira, uddāla, nīvāra, varūka, and barakotkaṭa; // moreover, that is a confluence of muscle, vessels, ligaments, bones, and joints; / therefore, when it is injured, there is an impairment of life especially; / but the designation is according to the predominant element; / therefore, according to their substratum such as muscle, the vital points are divided into five classes; / upon its excessive discharge, complications of loss of blood arise; / and here is a verse: // with raisins, their paste immersed and stirred in clear coriander-water, // he should remove it thoroughly by the method that removes upward movement of vāta; / one who likes quarrelling and drinking, is envious, harsh-speaking, and eats much, and \[is possessed\] on the ninth and twelfth of the dark fortnight, at night—the Rākṣasas \[possess him\]. - [Previous: 7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.12) - [Next: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.14) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.7.13) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.13) · Pramāṇa