Ashtangasamgraha 19.3

19.3

kārśyakārṣṇyagātrakampasphuraṇoṣṇakāmitāsaṃjñānidrānāśabalendriyopaghātāsthiśūlamajjāśoṣamalasaṅgādhmānāṭopamohadainyabhayaśokapralāpādibhirvṛddho vāyuḥ pīḍayati |

pītatvagglānīndriyadaurbalyaujovisraṃsaśītābhilāṣadāhatiktāsyatātṛṇmūrcchālpanidratākrodhādibhiḥ pittam |

śvaityaśaityasthaulyālasyagauravāṅgasādasrotaḥpidhānamūrcchātandrānidrāśvāsakāsaprasekahṛllāsāgnisādasandhiviśleṣādibhiḥ śleṣmā ||

vyoṣayavakṣārāyorajāṃsi vā |

bibhītakakalkaṃ vā taṇḍulāmbunā |

gugguluṃ vā gomūtreṇa |

harītakīṃ vā |

tulyaguḍāṃ vā śuṇṭhīṃ punarnavakaṣāyānupānām |

ārdrakaṃ vā tulyaguḍamardhapalābhivṛddhaṃ pañcapalaprakarṣaṃ prayuñjīta |

māsamayaṃ prayogaḥ śophaśoṣārśaḥ śvāsakāsaprasekapīnasālasakāgnisādagulmodarapramehapāṇḍukāmalāmanovikārānapaharati |

ārdrakarasaṃ vā śālikṣīrāhāraḥ pibet ||

Aggravated vāyu torments [the body] with emaciation, blackness, trembling and twitching of the limbs, desire for heat, loss of consciousness and sleep, destruction of strength and the sense organs, bone pain, drying of marrow, retention of waste products, tympanites, intestinal rumbling, delusion, wretchedness, fear, grief, delirium, and the like.
Pitta [torments the body] with yellow skin, languor, weakness of the senses, slipping away of vital essence, desire for cold, burning sensation, bitter taste in the mouth, thirst, fainting, reduced sleep, anger, and the like.
Śleṣman [torments the body] with whiteness, coldness, obesity, sluggishness, heaviness, lassitude of the limbs, obstruction of the channels, fainting, drowsiness, sleep, dyspnea, cough, excessive salivation, nausea, impaired digestion, loosening of the joints, and the like.
Or the three pungents, barley alkali, and iron powder;
or bibhītaka paste with rice water;
or guggulu with cow's urine;
or harītakī;
or dry ginger with an equal quantity of jaggery, followed by a decoction of punarnavā;
or one should administer fresh ginger with an equal quantity of jaggery, beginning with an increase of half a pala up to an optimal dose of five palas.
This administration for a month relieves swelling, emaciation, hemorrhoids, dyspnea, cough, salivation, catarrh, indigestion, impaired digestion, abdominal swelling, abdominal enlargement, urinary disorders, anemia, jaundice, and mental disorders;
or on a diet of rice and milk, one should drink fresh ginger juice.