Ashtangasamgraha 6.54

6.54

Buffalo milk is heavy, cold, and beneficial for those with excessively sharp digestive fire or insomnia. / It is light [in those animals] that drink little water, exercise, and eat pungent and bitter food. / It is used licked, added to food, or consumed on its own. / One should provide a meal for someone excessively purged and depleted of stool: / barley gruel with black gram soup, or curd or surā as drink. / And the mantra: