Astanga Hrudaya

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न घृतं बहुदोषाय देयं यन्न विरेचनम् । तेन दोषो ह्युपस्तब्धस्त्वग्रक्तपिशितं पचेत् ॥ ३८ ॥

Medicated ghee that does not possess purgative properties should never be administered to a vīsarpa patient who has highly aggravated or deep-seated doshas. If given, the ghee stagnates and traps (upastabdha) the morbid doshas, which then rapidly suppurate and destroy (pacet) the skin (tvak), blood (rakta), and muscular tissues (piśita).

english translation

na ghRtaM bahudoSAya deyaM yanna virecanam । tena doSo hyupastabdhastvagraktapizitaM pacet ॥ 38 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript