Ayurvedamahodadhi (Annapanavidhi section) 609

609

tiktā snigdhā bhavati kaṭukā mātuliṃgasya sā tvak
madhyaṃ snigdhaṃ ca (harati) madhuraṃ bṛṃhaṇaṃ vātapitte /
māṃsaṃ bhinnaṃ (snigdhaṃ) bhavati laghu tat kesaraṃ kāsahidhmā-
śvāsaśleṣmānila jaṭharajid gulmaśūlmā (lā) nilaghnam // 10 //

The rind of the citron is bitter, unctuous, and pungent; / the middle is unctuous, sweet, nourishing, and removes vāta and pitta; / its pulp is broken up, unctuous, and light; its filament conquers cough, hiccup, / dyspnoea, śleṣman, vāta, and abdominal disease, and destroys abdominal lump, colic, and vāta. // 10