[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) › 6.5.172 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.5.172 Carakasaṃhitā 6.5.172 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.172) raudhirasya tu gulmasya garbhakālavyatikrame/ snigdhāsvinnaśarīrāyai dadyāt snehavirecanam// > In a blood lump, however, once the term of gestation has passed, / for a woman whose body has been unctuated and fomented, one should give an unctuous purgative. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.170) - [Next: 6.5.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.173) - [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.6.5.172) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.172) · Pramāṇa