Ashtangasamgraha 19.10

19.10

tadyathā śukrakṣaye kṣīrasarpiṣorupayogo madhurasnigdhaśītānāmapareṣāṃ ca dravyāṇām |

karmāpi yadyasya dhātoḥ samānakriyatayā vṛddhikaraṃ tasya tasya vṛddhimabhilaṣatā tattadāsevyam |

tathaiva catulyakriyatayā hrāsakaraṃ tadarthineti |

api ca |

viśeṣato raktavṛddhijān raktanirharaṇaprasādanakāyavirecanena |

māṃsavṛddhijān saṃśodhanaśastrakṣārāgnikarmabhiḥ |

medojān sthaulyakārśyakriyākrameṇa |

rasakṣayajān māṃsarasamadyakṣīraiḥ |

asthikṣayajān bastibhistiktopahitaiḥ ksīrabastibhiśca |

śakṛdvṛddhijānatīsāravidhānena |

śakṛtkṣayajānyavamāṣakulmāṣājameṣamadhyādibhiḥ |

mūtravṛddhikṣayajān mehakṛchracikitsayā |

svedakṣayajānabhyaṅgavyāyāmamadyasvapnanivātaśaraṇasvedairiti |

bhavati cātra ||

That is to say: in depletion of semen, the use of milk and clarified butter, and other sweet, unctuous, and cold substances;

and whatever action, through similar activity, causes the increase of a tissue, that very action should be pursued by one desiring its increase;

likewise, one desiring its decrease [should pursue] that which causes decrease through dissimilar activity.

Moreover:

Especially, [diseases] born of the increase of blood [should be treated] by blood-extraction, clarifying [measures], and bodily purgation;

those born of the increase of flesh, by purification, surgery, caustic alkali, and cautery;

those born of fat, by the therapeutic regimen for obesity and emaciation;

those born of depletion of chyle, with meat broth, wine, and milk;

those born of depletion of bone, with enemas combined with bitters and with milk enemas;

those born of the increase of feces, according to the regimen for diarrhea;

those born of depletion of feces, with barley, black gram, boiled half-cooked pulse, flesh of the midriff of goat and sheep, and the like;

those born of increase and depletion of urine, by the treatment for urinary disorders and dysuria;

those born of depletion of sweat, by oil massage, physical exercise, wine, sleep, a windless shelter, and sudation.

And here it is said: