[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) › 6.3.161 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.3.161 English (machine translation) 6.3.161 - **Language:** English ### [6.3.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.161) who is feverish when six days have passed, having been fed light food. Bound by an astringent \[taste\], the humors are arrested, do not undergo digestion, and produce intermittent fever, because of \[its\] astringency in acute fever. Decoction is not prohibited with respect to the \[pharmaceutical\] form; - [Previous: 6.3.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.160) - [Next: 6.3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.163) - [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.6.3.161) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.3.161) · Pramāṇa