Ashtangasamgraha 2.31

2.31

The disease does not reach complete resolution on account of past actions determining lifespan;
like one falling, the patient is supported here by beneficial regimens as if by props.

Then she gives birth to a female having the general appearance of a woman, but not an actual woman, named vārtā;
they declare that to be a female disorder.

And due to diffusiveness and subtlety, it spreads into the external pathway.

One should drink hot milk as a post-potion, or fresh grape juice;
and for those who have been purged, a gradual dietary regimen beginning with thin gruel according to sequence [is prescribed].

Taken after a month has passed in a smeared container, it overcomes anemia, edema, and abdominal swelling.

Dense, however, with honey, kāśmarya, guḍūcī, and rice-water.