[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) › 6.8.87 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.8.87 Carakasaṃhitā 6.8.87 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.87) doṣādhikānāṃ vamanaṃ śasyate savirecanam/ snehasvedopapannānāṃ sasnehaṃ yanna karśanam// > For those with an excess of doṣas, emesis together with purgation is commended > after they have undergone unction and sudation, \[administered\] with unctuous substances so that it does not cause emaciation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.86) - [Next: 6.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.88) - [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.6.8.87) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.8.87) · Pramāṇa