[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) › 6.3.217 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.217 Carakasaṃhitā 6.3.217 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.217) rūkṣaṃ tejo jvarakaraṃ tejasā rūkṣitasya ca/ yaḥ syādanubalo dhātuḥ &snehavadhyaḥ sa cānilaḥ// &\`snehasādhyaḥ' iti pā-. kaṣāyāḥ sarva evaite sarpiṣā saha yojitāḥ/ prayojyā jvaraśāntyarthamagnisaṃdhukṣaṇāḥ śivāḥ// > The heat causing fever is dry, and of one dried by heat, > the bodily element serving as its secondary force is wind, which is overcome by oleation. > All these decoctions, when combined with ghee, > should be administered to quiet fever, kindling the digestive fire and auspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.216) - [Next: 6.3.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.219) - [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.6.3.217) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Jvaratimirabhāskara (Cāmuṇḍa Kāyastha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.cikitsa.jvara.jvaratimirabhaskara.16.28) — Cāmuṇḍa Kāyastha 1598, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.217) · Pramāṇa