Ashtangasamgraha 6.29

6.29

pānīyaṃ prāṇināṃ prāṇā viśvameva ca tanmayam |

ato 'tyantaniṣedhena na kvacidvāri vāryate ||

rasasya sāro raktaṃ malaḥ kapho lasīkā ca |

raktasya sāro māṃsaṃ kaṇḍarāssirāśca malaḥ pittam |

māṃsasya sāro medastvaco vasā ca kiṭṭaṃ karṇākṣināsikāsyaromakūpaprajananamalāḥ |

medasaḥ sāro 'sthisnāyusandhayaḥ kiṭṭaṃ svedaḥ |

asthnaḥ sāro majjā kiṭṭaṃ keśaromanakhāḥ |

majjñastu sāraḥ śukraṃ malokṣiviṭtvacāṃ snehaḥ |

śukrasya sāramojaḥ |

atyantaśuddhatayāsya malābhāvaḥ |

anye punarata eva tasya necchanti pākam |

apare punaḥ śukrasāraṃ garbhamevāmananti ||

śīghraṃ ca pratibudhyeta hṛtpīḍā vepathurbhramaḥ ||

pibedvā vāruṇīmaṇḍaṃ hidhmāśvāsī pipāsitaḥ ||

pūtīkarañjatvakpatraśaṭhīdevāhvarohiṣaiḥ |

satailaguḍasindhūttho virekauṣadhakalkavān ||

Water is the life of living beings, and the entire universe is made of it; / therefore, by absolute prohibition, water is nowhere forbidden. // The essence of lymph is blood, and the waste products are kapha and serum; / the essence of blood is muscle, tendons, and veins, and the waste product is pitta; / the essence of muscle is fat, skins, and adipose tissue, and the waste product is the dirt of the ears, eyes, nose, mouth, hair follicles, and genitalia; / the essence of fat is bone, ligaments, and joints, and the waste product is sweat; / the essence of bone is marrow, and the waste product is hair of head, hair of body, and nails; / but the essence of marrow is semen, and the waste product is the unctuous substance of the eyes, feces, and skin; / the essence of semen is vital essence; / on account of its extreme purity, there is no waste product for it; / but others, for this very reason, do not accept cooking for it; / yet others consider the embryo alone to be the essence of semen. // And he awakens quickly; pain in the chest, trembling, dizziness. // Or he should drink the supernatant of vāruṇī wine, if he has hiccup, dyspnea, and thirst. // With bark and leaves of pūtīkarañja, śaṭhī, devāhva, and rohiṣa, / together with oil, jaggery, and rock salt, possessing a paste of purgative drugs.