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6. Sātmya: Stands for such factors as are wholesome to the individual even if used continuously. Individual for whom ghee, milk, oil and meat soup as well as the drugs and diets having all the six tastes are wholesome, are endowed with strength, the power of facing difficult situations and longevities. Those who are accustomed to unctuous things and drugs and diets having only one particular taste, are mostly possessed of less strength, less power (or resistance) to face difficult situations, are of smaller life-span and of meagre accessories like drugs for the treatment of his diseases. If there are combinations of both these types of homologation, individuals are possessed of moderate strength. Sātmya-asātmya is determined in terms of Rasa, Guṇa etc.