[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) › 7.23 # Ashtangasamgraha 7.23 English (machine translation) 7.23 - **Language:** English ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.23) Astringent, sweet, light, causing constipation and distension, / unctuous, binding feces, cold, pungent in vipāka, they are beneficial // in \[disorders of\] pitta, blood, kapha, and medas, when employed as soups, pastes, and the like. / Among pulse-legumes, mudga is best, lightest, and produces little vāta. // As follows: / The urvī, kūrcaśiras, viṭapa, and kakṣadhara—these twelve are measured as one's own finger-breadth. / The two ankles, wrists, and breast-bases—these six are two finger-breadths. / The two knees and elbows—these four are three finger-breadths. / The kūrcas, anus, bladder, umbilicus, heart, nīlās, manyās, mātṛkās, sīmantas, and śṛṅgāṭakas—these twenty-nine are equal to the palm of the hand. / The remaining fifty-six have the measure of half a finger-breadth. / Others, however, say: / Kṣipra \[marmas\] are the size of a rice grain; / stanarohita and utkṣepa are the size of a pea; / and yet others consider marmas to be of the size of a sesame seed. / And here it is said: // Hemorrhoids that are easily cured are those that have arisen recently. // Blue water-lily, tāmalakī, trāyamāṇā, durālabhā— / making a paste \[of these\], cooked ghee is supreme in overcoming consumption, the king of diseases. // Rapid onset, aggravation of vāta, and feeling of fullness in the large intestine: / these are its complications, and what is suitable here should be administered. // One who laughs, dances, or sings in secret, and practices silence when surrounded by people, \[is possessed\] by Vikaṭa. - [Previous: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.22) - [Next: 7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.24) - [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.7.23) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.7.23) · Pramāṇa