[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) › 6.21.47 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.21.47 Carakasaṃhitā 6.21.47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.21.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.47) vātolbaṇe tiktaghṛtaṃ paittike ca praśasyate/ laghudoṣe, mahādoṣe paittike syādvirecanam// > When vāta is predominant, bitter ghee is praised, as also in that born of pitta / when the doṣas are slight; when the doṣas are great in that born of pitta, there should be purgation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.21.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.46) - [Next: 6.21.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.48) - [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.6.21.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.21.47) · Pramāṇa