Ashtangasamgraha 11.24

11.24

Moreover, due to excessive severity, this error, when the power of the digestive fire has ceased, would suddenly kill the patient.

Furthermore, for disorders arising from the condition of uncooked food (āmadoṣa), relief comes only through lightening therapy.

Swelling kills a woman [beginning] from the face, and [kills] both [sexes beginning] from the belly and the genitals.

That disease [called] enlargement (vṛddhi) is sevenfold: caused by the doṣas, blood, fat, urine, and the bowel.

Or one boiled with yaṣṭī, lodhra, and sārivā, along with honey and sugar;

likewise with black sesame, samaṅgā, utpala, and yaṣṭīmadhu.

And one should consume the broths of hare, kapiñjala, pigeon, taṇḍulīyaka, mudga, kāśmarya seeds, and the like;

or goat’s or deer’s blood fried in clarified butter;

or the previously mentioned puṭapākas; or drink a paste of madhuka, black earth, and conch-shell, mixed with blood, using rice water;

or, with that, paste of phalinī with honey;

or sandalwood with sugar and honey.