[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) › [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt) › 5.4.22 # The Compendium of Caraka 5.4.22 English (machine translation) 5.4.22 - **Language:** English ### [5.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.22) He who does not recognize tastes, or does not recognize them as they truly are, in the absence of stomatitis, the skilled declare that man to be ripe \[for death\]. - [Previous: 5.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.21) - [Next: 5.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.23) - [Up: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.5.4.22) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.5.4.22) · Pramāṇa