[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 Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 3.1.17\_1 # The Compendium of Caraka 3.1.17\_1 Carakasaṃhitā 3.1.17\_1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.17\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.1.17_1) ye hyenaṃ grāmanagaranigamajanapadāḥ satatamupayuñjate ta āndhyaṣāṇḍhyakhālityapālityabhājo hṛdayāpakartinaśca bhavanti, tadyathā --- prācyāścīnāśca; tasmāt kṣāraṃ nātyupayuñjīta// > For the villages, towns, cities, and countries that constantly use it become subject to blindness, impotency, baldness, and premature greying, and suffer from cardiac distress; such as the easterners and the Chinese; therefore, one should not use alkali excessively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.1.17) - [Next: 3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.1.18) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.3.1.17_1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.1.17_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.1.17_1) · Pramāṇa