Ashtangasamgraha 3.3

3.3

Facing north [he should pass] urine and feces, [and] facing south at night, / restraining speech, pure, with body covered and head wrapped.

In the third [month], that very ghee with honey;

in the fourth, mixed with butter in the quantity of an akṣa;

in the fifth, ghee prepared from milk;

in the sixth, that very ghee prepared with sweet herbs;

and in the seventh.

In that [month], however, women say that a burning sensation occurs in the mother due to the growth of hair in the fetus.

'Not so,' says the venerable Ātreya;

rather, due to the upward pressure of the fetus, the doṣas reach the heart and produce a burning sensation; then itching arises, and from the itching, striae gravidarum.

Having attained mutual similarity in appearance, they spread throughout the body.

That which having subsided again and again flares up and moves from channel to channel.

There, the previously mentioned complications and treatment [apply];

even if it rises above that, one should not administer a third medicine, excluding agreeable linctuses and pills.

Śakuni, Pūtanā, Śītapūtanā, Dṛṣṭipūtanā, / Mukhaṃmaṇḍitikā, likewise Revatī, [and] Śuṣkarevatī.