[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) › 8.23 # Ashtangasamgraha 8.23 English (machine translation) 8.23 - **Language:** English ### [8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.23) Then, having ascertained the purity of both the vessel and the water, the king should properly take his meal. Childhood, growth, radiance, intellect, skin, semen, vision, hearing, \[the organs of sense\], the mind, and all the faculties gradually slip away in \[successive\] decades. Fainting, headache, constipation, and swelling of the hands and feet. One should overcome vomiting with the fresh juice of kapittha mixed with honey. That is the time for taking it down \[from the fire\]. Medicated ghee prepared with aged ghee and the remaining urine parts, known as 'Bhūtarāva,' when drunk, is supreme for destroying grahas. - [Previous: 8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.22) - [Next: 8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.24) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.8.23) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.8.23) · Pramāṇa