[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) › 6.3.140 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.140 English (machine translation) 6.3.140 - **Language:** English ### [6.3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.140) arising from wasting, wind, fear, anger, passion, grief, or exertion. When the humor is reduced by fasting, the fire is kindled, freedom from fever, lightness, and appetite arise in him; and one should manage him with fasting that does not oppose his vital breath. Health is rooted in strength, for the sake of which this sequence of treatment \[is undertaken\]: fasting, fomentation, time, thin gruel, and bitter taste, - [Previous: 6.3.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.139) - [Next: 6.3.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.143) - [Up: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.3.140) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.140) · Pramāṇa