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# The Compendium of Caraka 8.3.55

Carakasaṃhitā 8.3.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [8.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.8.3.55)

&hṛnnābhipārśvottamadehadāhe dāhe 'antarasthe ca sakṛcchramūtre/  
kṣīṇe kṣāte retasi cāpi naṣṭe paitte 'atisāre ca nṛṇāṃ praśastaḥ//

> In burning of the heart, navel, flanks, and upper body, in internal burning, and in dysuria,  
> in emaciation, chest lesions, lost semen, and in diarrhea due to pitta, it is praised for men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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