[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) › 7.5.9 # The Compendium of Caraka 7.5.9 Carakasaṃhitā 7.5.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.5.9) pibettadvamanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pittaśleṣmanibarhaṇam/ aṣṭāhaṃ payasā++ārkeṇa teṣāṃ cūrṇāni bhāvayet// > one should drink that: an excellent emetic destroying pitta and kapha. > For eight days one should steep their powders with milk of arka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.5.8) - [Next: 7.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.5.10) - [Up: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.7.5.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.5.9) · Pramāṇa