Ashtangasamgraha 8.6

8.6

tatra saviṣamannaṃ srāvyamāṇamavisrāvyaṃ bhavati

cireṇa pacyate

pakvaṃ ca sadyaḥ paryuṣitamiva nirūṣma stabdhaṃ ca jāyate

yathāsvavarṇagandharasairvyāpadyate

praklidyate

candrakācitaṃ ca bhavati ||

ādhyānamavipākaśca tatra vātena vijjalam ||

bhakṣyāḥ śuṣkā vicitrāśca phalāni snānagharṣaṇam ||

gṛhītvā cānurūpaguṇavadbhājanasaṃsthānyagāreṣu pūrvottaradvāreṣu nivātapravātaikadeśeṣu nityapuṣpopahārabalikarmavatsvagnisalilopasvedadhūmarajomūṣikacatuṣpadāmanabhigamanīyāni svavacchannāni śikyeṣvāsajya sthāpayet ||

carmapittadvijanakhā varge 'smin sādhayet ghṛtam ||

In this regard, poisoned food, when poured, becomes unpourable;

it cooks slowly;

and once cooked, it immediately becomes cold, stiff, and as though stale;

it loses its normal color, smell, and taste;

it becomes excessively moist;

and it becomes covered with circular patches.

Tympanites and indigestion, and therein, through vāta, it is slimy.

Dry, varied pastries, fruits, bath rubbing;

And taking them, one should place them in containers of suitable qualities, suspended in hanging loops in rooms with doors to the east or north, in windless spots or spots with good ventilation, where daily offerings of flowers and worship are made, inaccessible to fire, water, moisture, smoke, dust, mice, and quadrupeds, properly covered.

In this group, one should cook ghee with the skin, bile, teeth, and claws.