[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) › 6.15.172 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.15.172 Carakasaṃhitā 6.15.172 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.15.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.172) saptakṛtvaḥ srutasyāsya &kṣārasya dvyāḍhakena tu/ āḍhakaṃ sarpiṣaḥ paktvā pibedagnivivardhanam// iti kṣāraghṛtam/ samūlāṃ pippalīṃ pāṭhāṃ cavyendrayavanāgaram/ citrakātiviṣe hiṅgu śvadaṃṣṭrāṃ kaṭurohiṇīm// > With two āḍhakas of this alkali-water strained seven times, / having cooked one āḍhaka of ghee, one should drink it to increase digestive fire. > Thus ends kṣāraghṛta. > Pippalī together with its roots, pāṭhā, cavya, indrayava, dry ginger, / citraka, ativiṣā, hiṅgu, śvadaṃṣṭrā, kaṭurohiṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.15.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.171) - [Next: 6.15.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.174) - [Up: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.15.172) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.172) · Pramāṇa