[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) › 7.10.9 # The Compendium of Caraka 7.10.9 Carakasaṃhitā 7.10.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.10.9) &tau vipāṭyāharet kṣīraṃ śastreṇa matimān bhiṣak/ dvivarṣaṃ vā trivarṣaṃ vā śiśirānte viśeṣataḥ// > Having slit those two, the intelligent physician should extract the milky sap with a knife, / \[from a plant\] two or three years old, especially at the end of the dewy season. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.10.8) - [Next: 7.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.10.10) - [Up: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.7.10.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.10.9) · Pramāṇa