Ashtangasamgraha 19.8

19.8

tatrāsthani sthito vāyurasṛksvedayoḥ pittam |

śeṣeṣu śleṣmā |

tasmādekavṛddhikṣayakāraṇatvameṣām |

na tvevamasthivāyvoḥ |

sarvaiva hi vṛddhiḥ prāyo 'tisantarpaṇanimittatvācchleṣmaṇānugatā |

tadviparyayācca kṣayo vāyunā |

tasmāllaṅghanabṛṃhaṇābhyāṃ vṛddhikṣayajān vikārānupacaret |

pavane tu bṛṃhaṇalaṅghanābhyām |

sarvatra ca dravyaguṇakarmaviparyayatulyabhāvenāviruddhena ||

sparśasukhāṃścābhyaṅgapradehasekān ||

api ca ||

Among those, vāta resides in the bone; pitta in blood and sweat;

and śleṣman in the rest.

Therefore their increase and depletion have the same cause.

However, this is not so for bone and vāta.

Indeed, almost all increase, being caused by over-nourishment, is followed by śleṣman,

and, due to its contrary nature, depletion [is followed] by vāta.

Therefore, one should treat diseases born of increase and depletion with fasting and bulk-nourishment [respectively];

but in the case of vāta, with bulk-nourishment and fasting [respectively];

and everywhere with opposite and similar substances, qualities, and actions that are not contradictory,

and with oil applications, poultices, and sprinklings that are pleasant to the touch.

Moreover: