Ashtangasamgraha 11.2

11.2

One should eat according to measure.

Measure, moreover, is dependent upon the strength of the digestive fire and the dietary substance.

Not pressing excessively upon the belly with food, no obstruction of the heart, no tearing in the flanks, no excessive heaviness of the abdomen, gratification of the sense organs, cessation of hunger and thirst, ease in standing, sitting, lying down, walking, inhalation, exhalation, speech, and conversation, comfortable digestion in the evening and morning, and the production of strength, complexion, and nourishment—this is the sign of the proper measure.

Or in a diseased person in whose face moles, dark spots, lines, or black marks swiftly appear;

or flowers on the nails or teeth, or veins of varied color on the abdomen;

who, while emaciating, has an exudate in the eyes, swelling of either the eyelid or the nose, or drooping of the eyelid;

who, when wasted, finds that hunger or thirst is not quenched even by many pleasing foods and drinks;

whose blood is discharged with foam;

and [who has] colic in the belly;

or of the chest;

whose phlegm is dark blue, yellow, or reddish and abundant;

who has strong neck stiffness, dryness of the tongue, and ulceration of the throat, mouth, and anus;

who has cutting pain arising from the stomach, excessive thirst, and diarrhea;

who has cutting pain arising from the large intestine, excessive thirst, and extreme rectal obstruction;

in whom vāyu, lodging in either the stomach or the large intestine and destroying consciousness, produces a rattling sound in the throat;

who, being emaciated, has increasing thirst and colic in the heart;

likewise hiccup with bleeding diarrhea, or distension with diarrhea, accompanied by severe thirst;

he is one whose life has departed; and here it is said:

Through crooked beds and bodily movements, and through various vitiations of the blood,

therefore, even if born of vāyu, one should initially treat [it] with fasting to digest the undigested matter.

There, one afflicted with colic, abdominal distension, and salivation should be made to vomit with warm salt water.

One must not, however, use an astringent beforehand when undigested matter is present or when the waste is obstructed.

One whose abdomen is motionless, distended, heavy, and painful should take Prāṇadā with hot water,

or with the three pungents, or boiled with fermented grain liquid,

or another medicine that is laxative and kindles the digestive fire.

With unwholesome things for the eyes especially, mostly following pitta.