[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) › 8.1.6 # The Compendium of Caraka 8.1.6 Carakasaṃhitā 8.1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.1.6) punarvasustantravidāha tasmai sarvaprajānāṃ hitakāmyayedam/ tryahāvaraṃ saptadinaṃ paraṃ tu snigdho naraḥ svedayitavya &uktaḥ// > Punarvasu, the knower of the treatise, spoke to him this, out of a desire for the welfare of all living beings: / A man, unctuated, should be fomented for three days at minimum and seven days at maximum; this is stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.1.5) - [Next: 8.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.1.7) - [Up: 8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.8.1.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.1.6) · Pramāṇa