[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) › 8.18 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.18 English (machine translation) 8.18 - **Language:** English ### [8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.18) Specifically, in a disorder caused by ornaments, a warm poultice should be made with pastes of aśvagandhā, apāmārga, kiṇihī, khadira, and śirīṣa mixed with cow's bile. In one caused by a footstool, a paste of śleṣmātaka, sarpasugandhā, and mango mixed with honey \[should be used\]. When \[poison\] is applied to an umbrella, there is appearance of pain and blisters that suppurate quickly and resemble ripe jambu fruits. There, a warm poultice over the whole body \[is applied\] with pastes of madhuka, pāṭalā, kaśeruka, lodhra, añjana, kuṣṭha, sarpasugandhā, khadira, and śirīṣa. By this, chowries and fans are explained. The body also conforms to mental temperaments and the like; Mental temperaments and the like also conform to the body. That diarrhea, because of rapid evacuation, is swift-acting by nature. Madhūka, madhuka, drākṣā, lotus, āmalaka, mustā, Seed from karañja, flower from śirīṣa, and fruit and bark from the kapittha tree— - [Previous: 8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.17) - [Next: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.19) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.15.18) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.18) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.18) · Pramāṇa