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# The Compendium of Caraka 6.7.85

Carakasaṃhitā 6.7.85

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.7.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.7.85)

citrakamelāṃ &bimbīṃ vṛṣakaṃ trivṛdarkanāgarakam/  
cūrṇīkṛtamaṣṭāhaṃ bhāvayitavyaṃ palāśasya//  
&\`nimbaṃ' iti pā-.  
kṣāreṇa gavāṃ mūtrasrutena tenāsya maṇḍalānyāśu/  
bhidyante vilayanti ca liptānyarkābhitaptāni//

> Citraka, elā, bimbī, vṛṣaka, trivṛt, arka, and nāgara / powdered together should be impregnated for eight days with the alkali of palāśa / strained through cow's urine. By this, his round patches quickly / break open and melt away when smeared and heated by the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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