Ashtangasamgraha 2.37

2.37

upayuñjīta na tvārttādāmiṣaṃ kṛpaṇājjanāt |

varo bhūtadayā dharma ityārtteṣu bhiṣagvaraḥ ||

yaccānyadapi vṛddhastriyo brūyuḥ |

pratatottānaśāyinyāḥ punargarbhasya nābhyāśrayā nāḍī kaṇṭhamanuveṣṭya vyāpattiṃ karoti |

vivṛtaśayā naktacāriṇī conmattaṃ janayati |

kalahaśīlāpasmāriṇam |

vyavāyaśīlā durvapuṣamahrīkaṃ straiṇaṃ vā |

śokanityā bhīrumapacitamalpāyuṣaṃ vā |

abhidhyāyinī paropatāpinamīrṣyāluṃ straiṇaṃ vā |

stenā tvāyāsabahulamabhidrohiṇamakarmaśīlaṃ vā |

amarṣaṇā caṇḍamaupadhikaṃ vā |

svapnaśīlā nidrālumabudhamalpāgniṃ vā |

madyanityā tṛṣṇālumalpasmṛtimanavasthitaṃ vā |

godhāmāṃsanityāśmariṇaṃ śanairmehinaṃ vā |

barāhamāṃsanityā raktākṣaṃ krathanamatiparuṣaromāṇaṃ vā |

matsyamāṃsanityā ciranimeṣaṃ stabdhākṣaṃ vā |

madhuranityā pramehiṇaṃ mūkamatisthūlaṃ vā |

amlanityā raktapittinaṃ tvagakṣirogiṇaṃ vā |

lavaṇanityā śīghravalīpalitaṃ khalatikaṃ vā |

tiktanityā śoṣiṇamabalamapacitaṃ vā |

kaṭukanityā durbalamalpaśukramanapatyaṃ vā |

kaṣāyanityā śyāmamānāhinamudāvartinaṃ vā |

yacca yacca yasya vyādhernidānaṃ tattadāsevamānāntarvatnī strī tattadvikārabahulamapatyaṃ janayati |

etena pitṛjā api śukradoṣā vyākhyātāḥ ||

kṣīraṃ pittānilārtasya pathyamapyatisāriṇaḥ ||

tatomajjānamuddhṛtya śucau pātre nidhāpayet ||

nāgaraṃ maricaṃ bhārṅgī vṛścikālī śatāvarī ||

He should not accept meat or gifts from a person who is sick and wretched; / a foremost physician considers compassion for beings as the highest duty towards the sick.

And whatever else elderly women might say:

For one who constantly sleeps on her back, the cord attached to the navel encircles the neck of the fetus and causes disaster;

one who sleeps uncovered and wanders at night gives birth to an insane child;

one fond of quarreling, an epileptic;

one addicted to sexual intercourse, an ugly, shameless, or effeminate child;

one constantly grieving, a timid, emaciated, or short-lived child;

one harboring malicious thoughts, a tormentor of others, envious, or effeminate child;

a thieving woman, a child full of trouble, treacherous, or indolent;

an intolerant woman, a fierce or deceitful child;

one addicted to sleep, a somnolent, foolish, or low-fire child;

one addicted to liquor, a thirsty, poor-memoried, or unstable child;

one constantly eating iguana meat, a child with urinary calculus or one who urinates slowly;

one constantly eating boar's meat, a red-eyed, wheezing, or excessively coarse-haired child;

one constantly eating fish meat, a child who blinks slowly or has fixed eyes;

one constantly eating sweet things, a child with a urinary disorder, a mute, or an excessively obese child;

one constantly eating sour things, a child with a bleeding disorder or an eye and skin disease;

one constantly eating salty things, a child who quickly develops wrinkles, graying hair, or baldness;

one constantly eating bitter things, a child who suffers from wasting, weak, or emaciated;

one constantly eating pungent things, a weak child with little semen or childless;

one constantly eating astringent things, a dark-complexioned child with abdominal distension or upward movement of vāta.

And whatever etiology of a disease a pregnant woman resorts to, she gives birth to an offspring abounding in that very disorder.

By this, defects of the father's semen are also explained.

Milk is wholesome for one afflicted by pitta and vāta, even for one suffering from diarrhea.

Then, having extracted the marrow, one should place it in a clean vessel.

Dry ginger, black pepper, bhārṅgī, vṛścikālī, [and] śatāvarī.