Ashtangasamgraha 1.13

1.13

Praised by them, these treatises attained established status on earth. / Each single one among them, however, is not comprehensive in the cure of all diseases.

There, [semen that is] thin, dry, frothy, reddish, scanty, interrupted, painful, and ejaculated after a long time is caused by vāta; [that which is] slightly yellow, non-slimy, slightly dark-blue, or burning, as it were, is discharged by pitta;

[that which is] associated with marrow, abundant, viscous, and sinks slightly in water is caused by śleṣman;

[that which has] the smell of a corpse and is copious is caused by blood;

[that which has] become nodular is caused by vāta and śleṣman;

[that which] resembles foul pus is caused by pitta and śleṣman;

[that which is] depleted is caused by vāta and pitta.

That has been stated along with its cure previously.

[That which has] the odor of urine and feces is caused by the combination of all three doṣas.

And having stimulated the digestive fire and softened the bodily channels, one should purify [them].

On the third or fourth day, breast milk begins to flow in women.