Ashtangasamgraha 17.16

17.16

lavaṇakaṣāyamadhurā guravaḥ |

tadvadamlakaṭukatiktā laghavaḥ |

anye punargurulaghusnigdharūkṣasādhāraṇaṃ lavaṇamicchanti ||

vṛścikālīkuṣṭhaṣaḍgranthādvipunarnavadhānyanāgarapañcamūlakvāthairmūtraiśca pariṣecayet |

pratatameva ca svedayet ||

abhiṣyandādhimanthādayaḥ syurvyadhadoṣācca |

tānyathāsvamupatrameta ||

The saline, astringent, and sweet are heavy;
likewise, the sour, pungent, and bitter are light.
Others, however, hold salt to be common to heavy, light, unctuous, and dry.
One should sprinkle with decoctions of vṛścikālī, kuṣṭha, ṣaḍgranthā, the two punarnavās, dhānya, dried ginger, and pañcamūla, and with urines,
and one should administer sudation continuously.
Conjunctivitis, adhimantha, and the like may occur from error in puncturing;
one should treat them according to their respective nature.