[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) › 6.5.53 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.5.53 Carakasaṃhitā 6.5.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.53) kaphagulmī pibet kāle sakṣārakaṭukaṃ ghṛtam/ sthānādapasṛtaṃ jñātvā kaphagulmaṃ virecanaiḥ// > The patient with a kapha-lump should drink at the proper time ghee prepared with alkali and pungents. > Knowing the kapha-lump to have moved from its place, he should cleanse it with purgatives > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.52) - [Next: 6.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.54) - [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.6.5.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.53) · Pramāṇa