[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) › 3.2.12 # The Compendium of Caraka 3.2.12 Carakasaṃhitā 3.2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.12) alasakamupadekṣyāmaḥ --- durbalasyālpāgnerbahuśleṣmaṇo vātamūtrapurīṣavegavidhāriṇaḥ sthiragurubahurūkṣaśītaśuṣkānnasevinastadannapānamanilaprapīḍitaṃ śleṣmaṇā ca vibaddhamārgamatimātrapralīnamalasatvānna bahirmukhībhavati, tataśchardyatīsāravarjyānyāmapradoṣaliṅgānyabhidarśayatyatimātrāṇi/ > We shall explain alasaka: in a person who is weak, has low digestive fire, has an abundance of kapha, suppresses the urges of flatus, urine, and feces, and consumes stable, heavy, abundant, unctuous-less, cold, and dry food, that food and drink, pressed by vāta and having its passages blocked by kapha, excessively stuck, does not turn outward due to sluggishness; then it displays excessive symptoms of the severe disorder of āma, excluding vomiting and diarrhea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.11) - [Next: 3.2.12\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.12_1) - [Up: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.3.2.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.3.2.12) · Pramāṇa