Ashtangasamgraha 2.41

2.41

When the mouth is covered by the fetal membrane and the throat is enveloped by kapha, / and because of the obstruction to the pathway of vāta, the one in the womb does not cry out. // From poison, fainting, diarrhea, blackness of the face, burning sensation, and heart diseases [arise]. // Or one should drink it boiled with four parts of water or with pippalī. // One should drink [water] prepared in a decoction, with pastes of śyāmā and other [herbs]. // Licked with honey, it relieves pitta-fever and diarrhea.