[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) › 6.8.173 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.8.173 Carakasaṃhitā 6.8.173 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.173) bahiḥsparśanamāśritya bakṣyate 'ataḥ paraṃ vidhiḥ/ snehakṣīrāmbukoṣṭheṣu svabhyaktamavagāhayet// > Hereafter, the regimen relying on external touch will be spoken. / After being well anointed, he should bathe in tubs of unctuous substances, milk, or water > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.8.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.172) - [Next: 6.8.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.174) - [Up: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.8.173) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.173) · Pramāṇa