Ashtangasamgraha 1.35

1.35

Substance is threefold: pacifying, vitiating, and beneficial for health.
Among them, potency is held to be twofold from the prominence of the qualities of hot and cold.
And one should approach her again after a month.
[One should give] gruel fried with ghee, which directs waste products and doṣas downwards.
Protected from wind and exposed to wind, attended by elderly women and physicians.