Ashtangasamgraha 7.33

7.33

snigdhoṣṇatiktakaṭukaḥ kaṣāyamadhurastilaḥ |

medhyaḥ keśyo gururvarṇyaḥ sparśaśīto 'nilāpahaḥ ||

kāsaśvāsāgnisadanaśvayathūrdhvānilān jayet ||

yathāṇḍaṃ taruṇaṃ pūrṇaṃ tailapātraṃ yathā tathā |

bhiṣak prayatnato rakṣet sarvasmādapacārataḥ ||

puruṣe 'pauruṣaṃ yatra tatra bhūtagrahaṃ vadet ||

Unctuous, hot, bitter, pungent, astringent, and sweet is sesame; / beneficial to the intellect and hair, heavy, improving complexion, cold to the touch, and pacifying vāta. / It overcomes cough, dyspnea, sluggish digestive fire, edema, and upward vāta. / Just as a fragile egg or a full vessel of oil, even so / the physician should protect [the patient] with effort from all improper conduct. / When a man displays a lack of virility, one should declare it an affliction by spirits.