[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) › [The Compendium of Bheḷa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela) › 3.1.8 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 3.1.8 Bheḷasaṃhitā 3.1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.8) guṇasāmyādvivardhante yathāsvaṃ dhātavo nṛṇām | rasais tadviparītaiś ca yāntyete kṣayamāhṛtaiḥ || > Through similarity of qualities, the bodily constituents of men increase respectively; / and through tastes opposite to them when ingested, these undergo diminution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.7) - [Next: 3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.9) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.3.1.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.3.1.8) · Pramāṇa