[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) › 4.5.6 # The Compendium of Bheḷa 4.5.6 Bheḷasaṃhitā 4.5.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.6) strīṇāṃ khalu śoṇitaṃ śarīraṃ śoṣayati tasmānna tāḥ rajaḥ paśyanti | paripūrṇadhātuśarīrās tu yadā bhavanti tadā vivekajalalohitaṃ māse māse prativedayanti | pratigatapraveśaṃ ca tatpunarmāsena samāgacchatyārtavam || > Indeed, blood dries up the body of women; therefore they do not see the menses \[during pregnancy\]. But when their bodies have full tissue-elements, then month after month they discharge the separate fluid-blood. And that menstrual blood, its entrance having receded, returns in a month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.5) - [Next: 4.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.7) - [Up: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela~en-mt.4.5.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.bhela.4.5.6) · Pramāṇa