[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) › 6.21.106 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.21.106 Carakasaṃhitā 6.21.106 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.21.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.106) tanvāliptaṃ na kurvīta saṃśuṣko hyāpuṭāyate/ na cauṣadhiraso vyādhiṃ prāpnotyapi ca śuṣyati// > One should not make a thinly smeared application, for when dried it cracks like a shell; / and the essence of the medicine does not reach the disease, and moreover it dries out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.21.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.105) - [Next: 6.21.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.107) - [Up: 6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.21.106) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.106) · Pramāṇa