[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) › 7.18 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.18 English (machine translation) 7.18 - **Language:** English ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.18) dry, cold, heavy, sweet, laxative, producing feces and vāta is barley; / aphrodisiac, stability-producing, it conquers urine, fat, pitta, and kapha; // for soma supports the vital breaths by its stability and coolness; / even those, when struck, kill at times; // deafness, dark vision, dyspnea, headache, cough, and chronic coryza; // and he should especially drink aged liquor, which clears the bodily channels; // with a lateral hole and crooked: these eight nozzles one should avoid; // emitting clouds, thunder, lightning, and rain by his speech—\[possessed\] by Indra; / giving away wealth by speech and taking it away—by Dhanada; / smelling like wine and liquor, regarding everything such as wood, grass, and ropes as a noose—by Varuṇa; - [Previous: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.17) - [Next: 7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.19) - [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.7.18) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.18) · Pramāṇa