[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) › 6.5.151 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.5.151 Carakasaṃhitā 6.5.151 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.151) kaphavātavibandheṣu kuṣṭhaplīhodareṣu ca/ prayojyo miśrakaḥ sneho yoniśūleṣu cādhikam// iti miśrakaḥ snehaḥ/ yaduktaṃ vātagulmaghnaṃ sraṃsanaṃ nīlinīghṛtam/ dviguṇaṃ tadvirekārthaṃ prayojyaṃ kaphagulminām// > In obstructions of kapha and vāta, and in skin diseases, spleen disease, and abdominal enlargement, > Miśraka unctuous substance should be employed, and especially in pain of the female genital tract. > Thus \[ends\] Miśraka unctuous substance. > The laxative Nīlinī-ghṛta which was mentioned as destroying a vāta lump > should be employed doubled for the purpose of purgation in those with a kapha lump. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.5.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.150) - [Next: 6.5.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.153) - [Up: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.151) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.151) · Pramāṇa