[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) › 9.28 # Ashtangasamgraha 9.28 English (machine translation) 9.28 - **Language:** English ### [9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.28) the aged, children, the weak, the emaciated, those injured by trauma, thirst, or pain, / those with indigestion, the injured, the insane, and also those accustomed to daytime sleep; / for then their bodily tissues attain equilibrium, and śleṣman nourishes their limbs. / Or with tubers of pāṭalī and lotus, or naturally cold. / Promoting strength, auspicious, prolonging life, giving complexion, good fortune, and nourishment, / this Kalyāṇaka Ghee is supreme, also for conceiving a male child. - [Previous: 9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.27) - [Next: 9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.29) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.9.28) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.28) · Pramāṇa