Ashtangasamgraha 3.39

3.39

ninditaṃ dīrghamapyāyurasannihitasādhanam |

kṛṣiṃ vāṇijyāṃ gorakṣāmupāyairguṇinaṃ nṛpam ||

dvādaśarātrāt paraṃ jāṅgalarasādibhiśca kramādāpyāyayedagnibalādīnyapekṣya |

kvathitaśītaṃ ca toyaṃ pāyayet |

tathā jīvanīyabṛṃhaṇīyamadhuravātaharasiddhairabhyaṅgodvartanapariṣekāvagāhairannapānaiśca hṛdyairupācaret |

evaṃ hi garbhavṛddhikṣapitaśithilasarvaśarīradhātupravāhaṇavedanākledaraktanissrutiviśeṣaśūnyaśarīrācca puarnavībhavati ||

kurvanti yakṣmāyatanaiḥ kāsaṃ ṣṭhīvet kaphaṃ tataḥ ||

paṭolamālatīnimbacandanadvayapadmakam ||

bheṣajaṃ tatra tīkṣṇoṣṇaṃ kaṭvādi kaphanuddhitam ||

kṣatajihvaḥ kvaṇan bāḍhamasukhī sāsralocanaḥ ||

Even a long life is condemned if the means [of sustenance] are not at hand.

[He should pursue] agriculture, trade, cattle-rearing, or, by appropriate means, [service to] a virtuous king.

After twelve nights, one should gradually nourish her with meat-broth of arid-zone animals and the like, taking into account the strength of her digestive fire and other factors.

And one should give her boiled, cooled water to drink.

Likewise, one should treat her with inunctions, unctuous pastes, affusions, tub baths, and wholesome foods and drinks prepared with vitalising, bulk-promoting, sweet, and vāta-pacifying substances.

For in this way, her entire body having become empty and depleted through the growth of the fetus, the loosened bodily tissues, straining, pain, moisture, and excessive loss of blood, she is renewed again.

Through the causal factors of consumption, they produce a cough; then he spits up kapha.

Paṭola, jasmine, neem, the two sandalwoods, and red lotus:

Medicine there should be sharp, hot, pungent, and the like, which removes kapha and is beneficial.

With an ulcerated tongue, groaning heavily, miserable, and with tearful eyes.