Ashtangasamgraha 8.4

8.4

Standing in front [of him], he should feed the king food that is well-prepared, thoroughly examined, purified, first offered to the fires and other [deities], gazed upon by a peacock, sprinkled with sprinkling waters, while he has tied medicines and gems to his hand.

Those [entities] beginning with vāta are of two kinds: natural and unnatural.

Among them, the natural ones are the causal agents of the sevenfold constitution, having their origin simultaneously with the body.

Because they sustain the body, they are called bodily tissues.

They are the root causes of the unnatural [factors] termed doṣas.

In one about to die, they deviate from their natural state.

And even when all [three] are present in the body, the designation of constitution is made according to the predominant one.

Having destroyed the digestive fire, it displaces the bodily tissue downward by that very means.

And pacifying medicine alone [is prescribed] for one who is dry and weak.

The branches and leaves of these [plants] that have recently sprouted should be gathered during the rainy and spring seasons;

roots in the summer or in the dewy season from those whose leaves have fallen or sprouted;

bark, tubers, and latex in the autumn;

heartwoods in the winter;

flowers and fruits according to the season.

[Also] the one called vajrā, vayasthā, śṛṅgī, and mohanavallī.