Ashtangasamgraha 24.11

24.11

And one should always fast the corpulent, and others also in late winter;
among them, by means of purifications, those with excess corpulence, strength, pitta, and kapha;
[and those afflicted] with disorders of āma, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and heart diseases.
A paste of wheat flour mixed with goat's milk [may be applied];
or sesame seeds ground with milk, roasted in an earthen vessel, and then cast again into milk to be quenched.