Ashtangasamgraha 9.28

9.28

vṛddhabālābalakṣīṇakṣatatṛṭcchūlapīḍitān |

ajīrṇyabhihatonmattān divāsvapnocitānapi |

dhātusāmyaṃ tathā hyeṣāṃ śleṣmā cāṅgāni puṣyati ||

pāṭalyutpalakandairvā svabhāvādeva vā himam ||

balyaṃ maṅgalyamāyuṣyaṃ kāntisaubhāgyapuṣṭidam |

kalyāṇakāmidaṃ sarpiḥ śreṣṭhaṃ puṃsavanaṣe ca ||

the aged, children, the weak, the emaciated, those injured by trauma, thirst, or pain, / those with indigestion, the injured, the insane, and also those accustomed to daytime sleep; / for then their bodily tissues attain equilibrium, and śleṣman nourishes their limbs. / Or with tubers of pāṭalī and lotus, or naturally cold. / Promoting strength, auspicious, prolonging life, giving complexion, good fortune, and nourishment, / this Kalyāṇaka Ghee is supreme, also for conceiving a male child.