[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Later Compendia, Diagnosis and Therapeutics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha) › [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt) › 75 # Cakradatta (Cikitsasangraha) 75 English (machine translation) 75 - **Language:** English ### [75.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75.1) Unctuous and warm \[substances\] are unctuous in vāta; sweet and cold are soothing in pitta; / pungent, sour, and saline \[substances\], being dry, are purificatory in kapha. // 1 ### [75.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75.2) With astringent, sweet, and bitter \[substances\], a gargle is healing for an ulcer. / The dose that can be moved about comfortably is suitable for a gargle (kavala); // 2 ### [75.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75.3) that dose which cannot be moved about is declared to be a mouthful-holding (gaṇḍūṣa). / This should be held until there is the discharge of the doṣa; // 3 ### [75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75.4) and then another should also be given, likewise with honey, clarified butter, and so on. / Diminution of the disease, satisfaction, clarity, lightness of the mouth, // 4 ### [75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75.5) and clarity of the sense organs are the signs of proper purification in a gargle. / Holding a mouthful of honey destroys burning sensation, thirst, and ulcers. // 5 ### [75.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75.6) Fermented grain-water destroys bad taste, dirt, and foul smell in the mouth; / when slightly salted and cold, it is the best remover of dryness of the mouth. // 6 ### [75.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75.7) A mouthful of alkali and sour substances quickly breaks up an accumulation of kapha. / In a healthy person, holding a mouthful of oil is beneficial and relieves vāta. // 7 ## Linked texts (1) - [Cakradatta (Cikitsāsaṅgraha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta.75.1) — Cakrapāṇidatta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.cakradatta~en-mt.75) · Pramāṇa