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# The Compendium of Caraka 6.7.26

Carakasaṃhitā 6.7.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.26)

raktaṃ śyāvaṃ sadāhārti śatāruḥ syādbahuvraṇam/  
sakaṇḍūḥ piḍakā śyāvā bahusrāvā vicarcikā//  
ityekādaśa kṣudrakuṣṭhāni/  
vāte 'adhikatare kuṣṭhaṃ kāpālaṃ maṇḍalaṃ kaphe/  
pitte tvaudumbaraṃ vidyāt kākaṇaṃ tu tridoṣajam//

> Red, dusky, with burning and aching, śatāru has numerous ulcers; / vicarcikā has itchy, dusky pimples with abundant discharge. / Thus are the eleven minor kuṣṭhas. / When vāta is predominant, one should know the kuṣṭha as kāpāla; maṇḍala in kapha; / audumbara in pitta; but kākaṇa is born of all three doṣas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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