[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) › 6.3.166 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.166 Carakasaṃhitā 6.3.166 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.166) na sarpiḥ pāyayedvaidyaḥ &kaṣāyaistamupācaret/ yāvallaghutvādaśanaṃ dadyānmāṃsarasena ca// &\`śamanaistamupācaret' iti pā-. balaṃ hyalaṃ nigrahāya doṣāṇāṃ, balakṛcca &tat/ dāhatṛṣṇāparītasya vātapittottaraṃ jvaram// &\`balaṃ hyalaṃ doṣaharaṃ, paraṃ tacca balapradam' iti pā-. baddhapracyutadoṣaṃ vā nirāmaṃ payasā jayet/ kriyābhirābhiḥ praśamaṃ na prayāti yadā jvaraḥ// > the physician should not make him drink ghee; he should treat him with decoctions. > As long as there is lightness, he should give food with meat broth, > for strength is sufficient to control the humors, and that produces strength. > For one overcome by burning and thirst, whose fever has vāta and pitta predominant, > whose humors are bound or displaced, \[and\] free from āma, he should overcome it with milk. > When the fever does not go to pacification by these procedures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.165) - [Next: 6.3.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.169) - [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.6.3.166) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.166) · Pramāṇa