[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) › 6.3.152 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.152 English (machine translation) 6.3.152 - **Language:** English ### [6.3.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.152) and cause downward movement of vāta, urine, feces, and the humors. Because of being liquid and hot, \[they are\] for sweating; because of liquidity, for quenching thirst; because of being food, for vital breath; and because of fluidity, for lightness. They are fever-destroying because of compatibility with fever; therefore, from the beginning, with drinkable gruels a wise man should treat fevers, except that arising from alcohol. In intoxication, in habitual drinkers, in summer, where pitta and kapha are excessive, and in upward-moving bleeding disorder, thin gruel is not beneficial in fever. There, a soothing drink should be employed first with parched-grain flour, joined with fever-removing fruit juices, together with honey and sugar. Then, considering suitability and strength, one should feed him whose soothing drink is digested - [Previous: 6.3.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.151) - [Next: 6.3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.157) - [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.6.3.152) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.152) · Pramāṇa