[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) › 7.7.12 # The Compendium of Caraka 7.7.12 Carakasaṃhitā 7.7.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.7.12) snigdhasvinno virecyastu &peyāmātroṣitaḥ sukham/ akṣamātraṃ tayoḥ piṇḍaṃ vinīyāmlena nā pibet// > A person unctuated and fomented is to be purged; having fasted pleasantly with only thin gruel, / taking a bolus the size of an akṣa of the two dissolved with sour \[liquid\], he should drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.7.11) - [Next: 7.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.7.13) - [Up: 7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.7.7.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.7.7.12) · Pramāṇa