[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) › 6.7.19 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.7.19 Carakasaṃhitā 6.7.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.19) śvetaṃ tāmraṃ tanu ca &yadrajo ghṛṣṭaṃ vimuñcati/ alābūpuṣpavarṇaṃ tat sidhmaṃ prāyeṇa corasi// &\`yaddhṛṣṭamudgirate rajaḥ' iti pā-. yat kākaṇantikāvarṇamapākaṃ tīvravedanam/ tridoṣaliṅgaṃ tat kuṣṭhaṃ kākaṇaṃ naiva sidhyati// iti saptamahākuṣṭhāni/ asvedanaṃ mahāvāstu yanmatsyaśakalopamam/ tadekakuṣṭhaṃ, carmākhyaṃ bahalaṃ hasticarmavat// > White, coppery, and thin, which when rubbed sheds dust, / having the color of an alābū flower, sidhma is mostly on the chest. / That which has the color of a kākaṇantīkā seed, does not suppurate, has severe pain, / and has the signs of all three doṣas, that kuṣṭha is kākaṇa; it does not heal at all. / Thus are the seven major kuṣṭhas. / Sweating-free, having a large base, and resembling fish scales, / that is ekakuṣṭha; that named carman is thick like elephant skin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.18) - [Next: 6.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.22) - [Up: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.7.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.19) · Pramāṇa