Ashtangasamgraha 10.3

10.3

athātmavān svabhāvasaṃyogasaṃskāramātrādeśakālopayogavyavasthāḥ saptāhārakalpanāviśeṣāṇāṃ svāsthyāsvāsthyaphalānāṃ hetubhūtāḥ samīkṣya hitameva anurudhyeta |

tatra svabhāvato divyodakaraktaśāliṣaṣṭikamudgaiṇalāvādayo laghavaḥ |

kṣīrekṣuvrīhimāṣānūpāmiṣādayo gurava iti |

te khalvapi saṃyogādiviśeṣairanyathātvaṃ pratipadyante ||

anetrarogaścandraṃ ca bahurūpamalāñchanam ||

tatra vātapittamedaḥkledamāṃsaśukrarasairanvito bastigataḥ śleṣmā pramehān janayati |

taiḥ kaphaśoṇitābhyāṃ ca yuktaṃ pittam |

tairvasālasīkāmajjaujobhiśca vāyuḥ ||

chatrākārāṇyūrdhvavisṛtāni kṣārasūtreṇa badhvā ||

hate sattve hṛdi vyāpte saṃjñāvāhiṣu kheṣu ca ||

Then the self-controlled person, having examined the seven factors of dietetic prescription—inherent nature, combination, preparation, measure, place, time, and rules of use—which are the causes yielding health or ill health, should adhere only to what is wholesome.
Among them, by inherent nature, rainwater, red śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice, mung beans, blackbuck, and quail are light;
milk, sugar cane, vrīhi rice, black gram, meat of marsh animals, and so forth are heavy.
These indeed also attain transformation through differences in combination and the like.
And one who has no eye disease [sees] the moon as having many forms and spot-free.
There, śleṣman lodged in the bladder, associated with vāta, pitta, fat, moisture, muscle, semen, and chyle, produces urinary disorders;
pitta associated with these, and with kapha and blood [produces them];
vāyu associated with these, and with fat, lymph, bone marrow, and vital essence [produces them].
Shaped like mushrooms and spreading upwards, having tied them with an alkaline thread.
When mental clarity is struck down, the heart enveloped, and [the doṣas] in the channels carrying consciousness.