Ayurvedamahodadhi (Annapanavidhi section) 259

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amlaṃ syād rasapākato gurutaraṃ vātāpahaṃ śītalaṃ
grāhyuṣṇaṃ grahaṇīgade nigaditaṃ viṇmūtrakṛcchrāpaham /
balyaṃ śophakaphāgnimāndyajananaṃ raktapradaṃ bhuktadaṃ
[kāsā] rūkṣārocakapīnase viṣamake śītajvare tanmaya [ta]m // 58 //

It is sour in taste and post-digestive effect, very heavy, dispels vāta, is cooling [to the touch], / constipating, and hot [in potency]; it is prescribed in grahaṇī disease and cures dysuria and constipation; / it is strength-giving, generates swelling, kapha, and sluggish digestion, and increases blood; / it is used in cough, dryness, loss of appetite, rhinitis, and intermittent cold fever. // 58