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# The Compendium of Caraka 6.4.98

Carakasaṃhitā 6.4.98

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.4.98)

rakte praduṣṭe hyavapīḍabandhe duṣṭapratiśyāyaśirovikārāḥ/  
raktaṃ sapūyaṃ &kuṇapaśca gandhaḥ syād ghrāṇanāśaḥ kṛmayaśca duṣṭāḥ//  
&\`kuṇapaiḥ sagandhaṃ' iti pā-.  
nīlotpalaṃ gairikaśaṅkhayuktaṃ sacandanaṃ syāttu sitājalena/  
nasyaṃ tathā++āmrāsthirasaḥ samaṅgā sadhātakīmocarasaḥ salodhraḥ//

> For if the nasal press is blocked while the blood is corrupted, vitiated catarrh and head disorders arise,  
> as well as blood mixed with pus, a corpse-like odor, loss of smell, and harmful worms.  
> Blue water-lily with red ochre and conch, together with sandalwood, in sugar water  
> should be used as nasal drops; likewise the juice of mango stone, samaṅgā, with dhātakī, mocarasa, and lodhra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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