Ayurvedasutra 4.44

4.44

tiktarasābhivardhitaṃ medodhātusthitadaśadalapadmaṃ kaṭipradeśagatam | sahasrasirādāgatāmṛtaṃ tasya tatpoṣakam | tiktarasādhikakaphapradeśāmṛtaṃ tatra doṣajanyam | piṅgalāmārgādāgatapavananirodhanaṃ subheṣajaṃ supoṣakam

The ten-petalled lotus situated in the bodily constituent of fat, increased by the bitter taste, is located in the region of the hips. The nectar arriving from the thousand channels nourishes it. The nectar in the region of phlegm with an excess of bitter taste produces humoural defect there. Restraining the wind that has arrived from the path of piṅgalā is the good medicament and the good nourishment.