[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) › [Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita) › 3.3.2.178 # Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 3.3.2.178 Hārītasaṃhitā 3.3.2.178 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.178) ante pittaṃ yadā tiṣṭheddehe vātakaphāvubhau tena śaityaṃ śarīrasya uṣṇatvaṃ karapādayoḥ > it is better to drink the venom of a serpent, or boiled copper, / or to eat iron balls heated red-hot by intense fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.177) - [Next: 3.3.2.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.179) - [Up: 3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.3.3.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita.3.3.2.178) · Pramāṇa