Ashtangasamgraha 1.23

1.23

Although they pervade the entire body, they dwell below, in the middle of, and above the heart and navel [respectively].
They are located at the end, middle, and beginning of life, day-and-night, and digestion, in that order.
One should eat a small quantity of barley gruel prepared with milk from an earthen cup, an earthern vessel, or the palm of the hand, for the purpose of emaciation;
and one should avoid sharp, hot, sour, and salty [foods].
In Puṣya and Āśleṣā, death occurs, and [it occurs] even after a long time in Maghā.
There should be digestive agents for the wastes, according to the stage or sequentially.
Milk boiled with the young shoots of that [plant] devoid of flowers and fruits is [given] in kapha-fever when pitta is aggravated.