[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) › 6.4.96 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.4.96 Carakasaṃhitā 6.4.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4.96) kāsajvarānāhavibandhaśūlaṃ tadraktapittaṃ ca ghṛtaṃ nihanyāt/ yat pañcamūlairatha pañcabhirvā siddhaṃ ghṛtaṃ tacca tadarthakāri// iti śatāvaryādighṛtam/ kaṣāyayogā ya ihopadiṣṭāste cāvapīḍe bhiṣajā prayojyāḥ/ ghrāṇāt pravṛttaṃ rudhiraṃ sapittaṃ yadā bhavenniḥsṛtaduṣṭadoṣam// > That ghee destroys cough, fever, abdominal distension, constipation, colic, and bleeding disorder; > and that ghee which is cooked with the five pañcamūlas also produces that same effect. > Thus \[ends\] Śatāvaryādighṛta. > Those astringent formulations that have been taught here should also be applied by the physician as a nasal press, > when blood accompanied by pitta has issued from the nose and its corrupted doṣa has exited. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4.95) - [Next: 6.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4.98) - [Up: 6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.4.96) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.9.43) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4.96) · Pramāṇa