Ashtangasamgraha 2.3

2.3

chaste, having overcome the pairs of opposites, resolute, of good conduct, steadfast, / having resided [with the teacher] for six months, capable, possessed of modesty, purity, and noble lineage.

From that very fact, from an abundance of semen a male [is born]; from an abundance of menstrual fluid, a female; from their equality, a hermaphrodite.
When semen and menstrual fluid are divided into pieces by vāta, offspring are produced according to the divisions;
and when deranged, beings of distorted forms and non-human wombs [are born].

By emesis, sudation, water at the proper time, astringent decoctions, and light meals;