Ashtangasamgraha 3.38

3.38

That [betel preparation contains] two leaves, one areca nut, and catechu with slaked lime.

From there, he should energetically rise for matters that lead to prosperity.

So that vāta may not produce disorders of the abdomen due to lack of [properly filled] space.

When the unctuous substance is digested, one should give her to drink, in proper measure, a well-cooked, liquid gruel prepared with the very same previous medicines, or with a decoction of the vidāryādi group, or with milk.

Before taking the unctuous substance and the gruel, at both times, one should sprinkle her with warm water.

For one who is emaciated, there may be bloody urine and stiffness in the back and waist.

Red ochre, liquorice, lodhra, conch shell, snail shell, and collyrium:

Medicines that pacify pitta, and are sweet and cooling, are praised in that condition.