[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) › 6.5.57 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.5.57 English (machine translation) 6.5.57 - **Language:** English ### [6.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.57) The physician who knows the measure of strength and humors should apply alkali to the abdominal lump, at intervals of one day, or two days, or resting for three days and then again, - [Previous: 6.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.56) - [Next: 6.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.58) - [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.6.5.57) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka~en-mt.6.5.57) · Pramāṇa