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# The Compendium of Caraka 8.3.26

Carakasaṃhitā 8.3.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.3.26)

uttānadehaśca kṛtopadhānaḥ syādvīryamāpnoti tathā 'asya &deham/  
eko 'apakarṣatyanilaṃ svamārgāt pittaṃ dvitīyastu kaphaṃ tṛtīyaḥ//

> He should lie supine with a pillow arranged; thus its potency pervades his body.  
> The first enema draws out vāta from its passage; the second, pitta; and the third, kapha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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