[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) › 6.3.152 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.152 Carakasaṃhitā 6.3.152 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.152) vātamūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ &doṣāṇāṃ cānulomanāḥ/ svedanāya dravoṣṇatvāddravatvāttṛṭpraśāntaye// &\`vibandhasyānulomikaḥ' iti pā-. āhārabhāvāt prāṇāya saratvāllāghavāya ca/ jvaraghnyo &jvarasātmyatvāttasmāt peyābhirāditaḥ// &\`tasmāt pūrvaṃ samācaret' iti pā-. &jvarānupacareddhīmānṛte madyasamutthitāt/ madātyaye madyanitye grīṣme pittakaphādhike// &\`yavāgūbhirjvarān vidvānṛte' iti pā-. ūrdhvage raktapitte ca yavāgūrna hitā jvare/ tatra tarpaṇamevāgre &prayojyaṃ lājasaktubhiḥ// &\`pradeyaṃ' iti pā-. jvarāpahaiḥ phalarasairyuktaṃ samadhuśarkaram/ tataḥ sātmyabalāpekṣī bhojayejjīrṇatarpaṇam// > and cause downward movement of vāta, urine, feces, and the humors. > Because of being liquid and hot, \[they are\] for sweating; because of liquidity, for quenching thirst; > because of being food, for vital breath; and because of fluidity, for lightness. > They are fever-destroying because of compatibility with fever; therefore, from the beginning, with drinkable gruels > a wise man should treat fevers, except that arising from alcohol. > In intoxication, in habitual drinkers, in summer, where pitta and kapha are excessive, > and in upward-moving bleeding disorder, thin gruel is not beneficial in fever. > There, a soothing drink should be employed first with parched-grain flour, > joined with fever-removing fruit juices, together with honey and sugar. > Then, considering suitability and strength, one should feed him whose soothing drink is digested > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.151) - [Next: 6.3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.157) - [Up: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.152) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.1.30_4) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.1.33) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit - [Cikitsāsārasaṅgraha (Vaṅgasena)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.vangasena.3.50) — Vaṅgasena, Sanskrit - [Jvaratimirabhāskara (Cāmuṇḍa Kāyastha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.jvara.jvaratimirabhaskara.3.47) — Cāmuṇḍa Kāyastha 1598, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.152) · Pramāṇa