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# Garudapurana 1.173.20

Garuḍapurāṇa 1.173.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.173.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.173.20)

kaṣāyo grāhako ropī stambhanakledaśoṣaṇaḥ /  
eko 'tyarthaṃ sevyamāno hṛdaye cātha pīḍakaḥ /  
mukhaśoṣajvarādhmānamanyāstambhādikārakaḥ //

> The astringent \[taste\] is binding, healing, constipating, and dries up moisture. / Used alone in excess, it causes distress in the heart / and produces dryness of the mouth, fever, abdominal distention, stiff neck, and similar ailments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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