[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) › [Hārītasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt) › 1.9 # Hārīta's Compendium of Medicine 1.9 English (machine translation) 1.9 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.4) — 2 parts - [1.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.8) — 1 part - [1.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.9) — 1 part - [1.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.10) — 1 part ### [1.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.1) en: Now therefore I shall explain the tastes and their qualities and faults, / merely by knowing which one will become a knower of the qualities of the tastes. ### [1.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.2) en: Sweet, astringent, bitter, sour, alkaline, and pungent: these are named the six tastes. / They declare two each to provoke vāta and kapha, and likewise two to produce pitta. ### [1.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.3) en: The alkaline and astringent provoke wind; the sweet and bitter provoke kapha; / the pungent and sour cause disorders of pitta; the pungent and sour are declared to pacify vāta. ### [1.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.4) en: Sweet together with bitter destroys pitta; pungent and astringent pacify kapha; / they say each of these pacifies the other, mutually augmenting the doṣas within. ### [1.9.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.4.p1) en: Sweet and pungent bring forth the pre-eminence of each other; the sour devoid of salt is stated ### [1.9.4.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.4.p2) en: to follow its distinct taste. ### [1.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.5) en: Likewise, unchanged and combined with bitter \[tastes\], the astringent taste becomes light; very sweet, it is excellent and indeed produces benefit. ### [1.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.6) en: Pungent, bitter, and astringent provoke wind; / pungent, sour, and salty provoke pitta; sweet, sour, and salty provoke kapha. ### [1.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.7) en: But in \[disorders of\] wind, pungent, bitter, and astringent must not be given; / in pitta, pungent, sour, and salty \[must not be given\]; in kapha, sweet, sour, and salty \[must not be given\]. ### [1.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.8) en: One should employ sweet, sour, and salty tastes in vāta; bitter, sweet, and astringent / in pitta; and bitter, pungent, and astringent tastes in kapha. ### [1.9.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.8.p1) en: That which is sweet removes fatigue and desiccation, creates strength, bestows virility, and gives nourishment; en: it produces delight in the tongue, and then, after that, increase of phlegm; ### [1.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.9) en: it subdues the pittas, pacifies fatigue, is an aphrodisiac, and is beneficial for men; / sweet \[taste\] will be the destroyer of wasted conditions, trauma, anaemia, and eye diseases. ### [1.9.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.9.p1) en: That which is bitter destroys kapha and wind, and removes defects such as leprosy; en: it is cold, removes all pain, takes away dizziness, is appetising, and does not cause excessive moisture; ### [1.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.10) en: it destroys tongue blisters, is beneficial for the wasted and wounded, / brings cheer to the face, is declared pre-eminent, and tastes like neem and the like. ### [1.9.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.10.p1) en: Causing the eyes to water, burning the mouth, conveying heat to the ear, en: it produces disgust, distorts the mouth, and provokes bile and blood; ### [1.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.11) en: it blazes up the digestive fires for a moment and causes burning; when digested, it is not beneficial; / it destroys vātas and burns up kapha; pungent is exceedingly fierce. ### [1.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.12) en: It produces moisture in the tongue, causes blinking of the eyes, always creates revulsion, and removes wind diseases; / it causes itching, leprosy, wounds, and pain, and is not beneficial for one who has swelling; the sour is said to pacify wind, and it causes provocation of blood. ### [1.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.13) en: It completely grips the tongue in the throat, is binding in diarrhoea, pacifies phlegm disease, and removes asthma and cough; / it completely takes away hiccup and colic, and is a purifier of wounds; this excellent one named astringent is said to possess superior qualities. ### [1.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.14) en: The alkaline produces moisture in the mouth, is unpalatable, hot, and burning; it removes colic, phlegm, and anorexia, and dries thirst and dysuria; / it produces undigested food and then kindles the digestive fire; it is declared excellent, for it is a great taste suitable in all respects. ### [1.9.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9.6-2) en: Thus ends the sixth chapter, titled "The Description of the Six Tastes." --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.haritasamhita~en-mt.1.9) · Pramāṇa