[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) › 6.7.39 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.7.39 Carakasaṃhitā 6.7.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.39) vātottareṣu sarpirvamanaṃ śleṣmottareṣu kuṣṭheṣu/ pittottareṣu mokṣo raktasya virecanaṃ cāgre// > In kuṣṭhas dominated by vāta, ghee is \[indicated\]; emesis in those dominated by kapha; / and in those dominated by pitta, blood-letting and purgation are foremost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.38) - [Next: 6.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.40) - [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.6.7.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.39) · Pramāṇa