[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) › 9.56 # Ashtangasamgraha 9.56 English (machine translation) 9.56 - **Language:** English ### [9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.56) Lying on his back or suppressing urges, \[he surely incurs\] scrotum enlargement, urinary disorders, calculus, and gravel; / From blows to the head and the like, the arising of eye disease (timira) and other ailments surely occurs. / In all cases of alcoholism, a drink that produces relish and stimulates digestive fire \[is to be taken\]. / With a snake whose fangs have been extracted, or with tamed lions and elephants, / Or with hunters, enemies, and thieves bearing weapons in their hands, one should terrify him. - [Previous: 9.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.55) - [Next: 9.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.57) - [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.9.56) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.9.56) · Pramāṇa