[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) › 6.15.79 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.15.79 Carakasaṃhitā 6.15.79 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.79) tata eraṇḍatailena sarpiṣā tailvakena vā/ sakṣāreṇānile śānte srastadoṣaṃ virecayet// > Then, with castor oil, or with tailvaka ghee / combined with alkali, once vāta has calmed and the morbid humors have loosened, one should purge him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.15.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.78) - [Next: 6.15.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.80) - [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.6.15.79) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangahrdaya.4231) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.15.79) · Pramāṇa