[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) › 6.5.31 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.5.31 English (machine translation) 6.5.31 - **Language:** English ### [6.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.31) Or if pitta, greatly increased, causes burning fever in one suffering from a vāta-lump, he should be purged with unctuous medicines that direct the humors downward. - [Previous: 6.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.30) - [Next: 6.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.32) - [Up: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.5.31) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.31) · Pramāṇa