Ashtangasamgraha 12.41

12.41

akṣaṃ tu tadguṇānnyūnaṃ kaṣāyamadhuraṃ himam |

kāsaśvāsagalaśleṣmapittaśukraharaṃ laghu ||

dakodaraṃ mahat snigdhaṃ sthiramāvṛttanābhi tat ||

eṣa sāraścikitsāyā yadagneḥ parirakṣaṇam ||

Akṣa, however, is inferior in qualities to that; it is astringent, sweet, and cold,
light, and removes cough, dyspnea, throat-phlegm, pitta, and semen.
Water-belly is large, unctuous, firm, and has an everted navel.
This is the essence of therapeutics: the preservation of the digestive fire.