Ashtangasamgraha 3.9

3.9

After bathing, when about to eat, after eating, after sleeping, after sneezing, at the worship of the gods, / and after stepping onto the road, one should sip water while seated, facing north / or facing east, staying in a secluded place, not with knees outward, not looking around, / silent, wearing an upper garment, with clean [water] reaching the root of the thumb. // By this regimen, beginning from the first month, at the time of delivery the pregnant woman's uterus, abdomen, pelvis, flanks, and back become soft; / vāyu is directed downward; / urine and feces become normal, and the placenta finds its path; / and strong, she easily delivers an agreeable, healthy, long-lived, and happy son at the proper time. // And aggravated, it issues forth through all the hair follicles. // Otherwise, one should restrain it quickly; it acts rapidly like fire. // There, cutting pain with a burning sensation occurs in the navel, bladder, rectum, and penis, along with obstruction of wind and constipation. // children who have filthy wet-nurses, who weep at twilight, and are unclean: