Ashtangasamgraha 3.21

3.21

svādvamlalavaṇaṃ śuṣkaṃ suṣiraṃ pūti picchilam |

pālāśamāsanaṃ dantadhāvanaṃ pāduke tyajet ||

kārtikeyadyutiṃ putraṃ kārtikeyādirakṣitamiti ||

śūkapūrṇābhakaṇṭhatvamasvāsthyaṃ hṛdayasya ca ||

tatkaṣāye hitāḥ peyā māṃsapeyāstathā rasāḥ ||

vāksaṅge hanusaṅge 'nilārtau ca ghṛtamāṃsarasasiddhāmalpataṇḍulāṃ peyāṃ pibet |

snehasvedau cāvacārayet ||

auṣṭhadaṃśāṃsasaṅkocastambhabastābhagandhatāḥ ||

Sweet, sour, salty, dry, hollow, foul-smelling, [or] slimy [wood],
[wood from] palāśa, an [ordinary] seat, tooth-cleansing stick, [and leather] sandals one should avoid.
"[May she bear] a son possessing the radiance of Kārttikeya, protected by Kārttikeya and the rest!"
Feeling as though the throat is filled with bristles, and unease of the heart;
a gruel prepared in its decoction is beneficial, and likewise meat-gruels and meat-broths.
In obstruction of speech, lockjaw, and distress caused by vāta, one should drink a gruel made with little rice and cooked with ghee and meat-broth; / and one should apply oleation and sudation.
Biting of the lips, contraction and stiffness of the shoulders, and an odor resembling that of a goat;