Ashtangasamgraha 12.29

12.29

Causing the upward and downward movement of kapha and vāta, digestive-stimulating is viḍ salt; / destroying constipation, abdominal distension, stiffness, colic, and heaviness.
Hence, this section of the body is called 'Śārīra' (The Anatomical Book).
Even the liver, having descended, would act from the right side like the spleen.
In that way, the digestive fire residing in the gut arises through unctuous foods.
Having placed a bolus of barley meal above and below the ears,