Ashtangasamgraha 20.4

20.4

avalambakakledakabodhakatarpakaśleṣakatvabhedaiḥ śleṣmā |

sa tūrasthaḥ svavīryeṇa trikasyānnavīryeṇa ca saha hṛdayasya ca śeṣāṇāṃ ca śleṣmasthānānāṃ tatrastha evodakakarmaṇāvalambanādavalambaka ityucyate |

āmāśayasthito 'nnasaṅghātasya kledanāt kledakaḥ |

rasanāsthaḥ samyagrasabodhanāt bodhakaḥ |

śirasthaścakṣurādīndriyatarpaṇāt tarpakaḥ |

parvastho 'sthisandhiśleṣaṇāt śleṣaka iti ||

sārivāvidārībalāmadhukotpaladrākṣāṭarūṣakajīvakacandanairjāṅgalarasakṣīropetaṃ tailaṃ sādhitaṃ nāvanāt sarvordhvajatrujān gadān vātapittottarān nihanti ||

Śleṣman has the divisions of avalambaka, kledaka, bodhaka, tarpaka, and śleṣaka.

Among them, situated in the chest, by its own potency along with the potency of food, it supports the trika, the heart, and the remaining seats of śleṣman while remaining right there through the function of water; hence it is called avalambaka [“the supporter”].

Situated in the stomach, because it moistens the mass of food, it is kledaka [“the moistener”].

Situated on the tongue, because it properly perceives taste, it is bodhaka [“the perceiver”].

Situated in the head, because it nourishes the sense organs such as the eyes, it is tarpaka [“the nourisher”].

Situated in the joints, because it unites the bone-joints, it is śleṣaka [“the uniter”].

Oil prepared with sārivā, vidārī, balā, madhuka, utpala, drākṣā, aṭarūṣaka, jīvaka, and candana, together with meat broth of wild animals and milk, cures through nasal instillation all diseases arising above the clavicle that are dominated by vāta and pitta.