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# The Compendium of Caraka 6.4.88

Carakasaṃhitā 6.4.88

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4.88)

vāsāṃ saśākhāṃ sapalāśamūlāṃ kṛtvā kaṣāyaṃ kusumāni cāsyāḥ/  
pradāya kalkaṃ vipacedghṛtaṃ tat sakṣaudramāśveva nihanti raktam//  
iti vāsāghṛtam/  
palāśavṛntasvarasena siddhaṃ tasyaiva kalkena madhudraveṇa/  
lihyādghṛtaṃ vatsakakalkasiddhaṃ tadvat samaṅgotpalalodhrasiddham//

> Having made a decoction of vāsā with branches and leaves and root, and adding its flowers  
> as a paste, one should cook that ghee; with honey, it quickly destroys bleeding.  
> Thus \[ends\] Vāsāghṛta.  
> Prepared with the fresh juice of palāśa petioles and a paste of the same, with liquid honey,  
> one should lick ghee prepared with a paste of vatsaka; likewise \[ghee\] prepared with samaṅgā, blue water-lily, and lodhra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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