Ashtangasamgraha 18.4

18.4

teṣāṃ svādurāsvādyamāno mukhamupalimpatīndriyāṇi prasādayati |

dehaṃ prahlādayati |

ṣaṭpadapipīlikādīnāmapīṣṭatamaḥ |

amlastu jihvāmudvejayatyuraḥkaṇṭhaṃ vidahati |

mukhaṃ srāvayatyakṣibhruvaṃ saṅkocayati daśanān harṣayati romāṇi ca |

lavaṇo mukhaṃ viṣyandayati kaṇṭhakapolaṃ vidahati annaṃ prarocayati |

tikto viśadayati vadanaṃ viśodhayati kaṇṭhaṃ pratihanti rasanām |

kaṭuko bhṛśamudvejayati jihvāgraṃ cimicimāyati kaṇṭhakapolaṃ srāvayati mukhākṣināsikaṃ vidahati deham |

kaṣāyastu jaḍayati jihvāṃ badhnāti kaṇṭhaṃ pīḍayati hṛdayam ||

punaśca snigdhaṃ mūtrayuktaṃ gavyaṃ māhiṣaṃ vārdhamāsaṃ payaḥ pāyayet |

māgadhikāśṛtaṃ vā |

mūtrasiddhāṃ vā triphalām |

saptāhaṃ mūtreṇa vā harītakīḥ kalkitāḥ |

svarṇakṣīrībhadradrārunāgaraśyāmātrivṛnmūlāni tenaiva vā kvathitāni |

ebhirvā śṛtaṃ payaḥ ||

snigdhoṣṇaiścopaśamanam sobhiṣyanda upekṣitaḥ ||

Among them, the sweet, when tasted, coats the mouth, clarifies the sense faculties, / gladdens the body, / and is exceedingly dear even to bees, ants, and the like. / The sour agitates the tongue, burns the chest and throat, / causes salivation, contracts the eyes and brows, and sets the teeth on edge and hair on end. / The salty causes fluid to flow in the mouth, burns the throat and cheeks, and stimulates relish for food. / The bitter cleanses the mouth, clears the throat, and impairs the tongue. / The pungent severely agitates, causes tingling at the tip of the tongue, causes secretions from the throat and cheeks, and burns the mouth, eyes, nose, and body. / The astringent numbs the tongue, binds the throat, and oppresses the heart. / And again, one should have [the patient] drink unctuous cow's or buffalo's milk mixed with urine for half a month; / or boiled with long pepper; / or triphalā prepared with urine; / or harītakī made into a paste with urine for seven days; / or roots of svarṇakṣīrī, bhadradāru, dry ginger, śyāmā, and trivṛt decocted with that same [urine]; / or milk boiled with these. / And pacification by unctuous and hot measures; ophthalmia that is neglected,