[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) › 6.3.163 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.163 Carakasaṃhitā 6.3.163 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.163) yaḥ &kaṣāyakaṣāyaḥ syāt sa varjyastaruṇajvare/ yūṣairamlairanamlairvā jāṅgalairvā rasairhitaiḥ// &\`kāṣayaḥ kāṣayaḥ' iti pā-. daśāhaṃ yāvadaśnīyāllaghvannaṃ jvaraśāntaye/ ata ūrdhvaṃ kaphe mande vātapittottare jvare// > that decoction which has an astringent taste should be avoided in acute fever. > With sour or non-sour pulse soups, or beneficial broths of dry-land animals, > one should eat light food for up to ten days for the pacification of fever. > Thereafter, when kapha is mild and vāta and pitta predominate in the fever, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.161) - [Next: 6.3.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.165) - [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.6.3.163) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Bṛhadyogataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.brhadyogatarangini.85.56) — Trimalla, Sanskrit - [Yogataraṅgiṇī (Trimalla)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.yogatarangini-trimalla-bhatta.83.56) — Trimalla, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.163) · Pramāṇa