Ashtangasamgraha 8.10

8.10

nṛpājñātvarayāpi kecidaparādhāntarādvā 'navasthitasattvāḥ samācarantyevam |

tasmādagnyādipvapi parīkṣeta |

vahnistu saviṣamannaṃ prāpyaikāvarto rūkṣamandārcirindrāyudhavadanekavarṇajvālo bhṛśaṃ caṭacaṭāyate |

kuṇapagandhī dhūmaścāsya mūrcchāprasekaromaharṣaśirovedanāpīnasadṛṣṭyākulatāṃ janayati ||

dayitamālyavilepanamaṇḍanaḥ sucaritaḥ śucirāśritavatsalaḥ |

vibhavasāhasabuddhibalānvito bhavati bhīṣu gatirdviṣatāmapi ||

picchilaṃ tantumacchvetaṃ snigdhamāmaṃ kaphānvitam ||

snigdhaṃ ca bhojanaṃ śuṇṭhīdadhidāḍimasādhitam |

koṣṇaṃ salavaṇaṃ cātra hitaṃ snehavirecanam ||

upaladaśanādipiṣṭastu kalkaḥ |

śuṣkapiṣṭaḥ sūkṣmatāntavapaṭacyutaścūrṇaḥ |

tasya samastadravyāparityāgādāplutopayogācca kalkādabhedaḥ |

kvātho niryūhaḥ ||

viṭkharoṣṭravarāhācca tayā tailaṃ vipācitam |

piṣṭayā bastamūtreṇa nāvanādiṣu pūjitam ||

Moreover, because of haste under a king's command, or due to some other offense, those of unstable mind act in just this way.

Therefore, one should also test [the food] on fire and the like.

Now, when fire comes into contact with poisoned food, it swirls in a single whorl, has dry, dim flames, possesses flames of multiple colors like Indra's bow, and crackles fiercely.

Its smoke smells of a corpse and causes fainting, excessive salivation, horripilation, headache, chronic rhinitis, and troubled vision.

Adorned with beloved garlands and ointments, well-behaved, pure, affectionate toward dependents, / endowed with wealth, courage, intellect, and strength, he becomes a refuge in fears even to his enemies.

[The stool is] slimy, thready, white, unctuous, immature, and accompanied by kapha.

And unctuous food prepared with dry ginger, curd, and pomegranate, / warm and with salt, is beneficial here, as is unctuous purgation.

A paste, however, is ground with a stone, teeth, or the like.

Powder is ground dry and sifted through a fine woven cloth.

It is not different from a paste because of not discarding the whole substance and because of its use when moistened.

A decoction is an extract.

Oil cooked with this along with the stool of an ass, camel, and boar, / [and with it] ground with goat's urine, is commended in nasal drops and the like.