The Compendium of Bheḷa 3.6

Because of the distinction in the sun's movement and the revolution of the seasons, / the dhātus of men undergo decrease and increase respectively.

From the vapor of the earth, east wind, continuous thick cloud-shade, / and from drinking fresh water vitiated by the soil's turbidity,

and from the emaciation of summer, when vital breath has become weakened, / the digestive fire of embodied beings becomes mild during the rains.

Because the wind arising from constipation, cooled [thereby], is provoked, / therefore one should not resort during the rains to pungent, sour, and saline tastes.

One should eat aged śāli rice and ṣaṣṭika rice with mudga soup, / or barley and wheat, which are considered wholesome when the wind is expelled.

And paṭolas, buttermilk, light meat broths from dry-land animals, / well water, rainwater, prepared [water], and non-unctuous enemas one should employ.

Due to instability in the rainy season, water undergoes sour digestion; / therefore bile increases, as it also does through sour foods.

Having suddenly reached [intense heat] from the scorch of the sun after being acted upon by herbs, / the bile accumulated in the rainy season goes into provocation in autumn.

Therefore in autumn one should employ cool baths and ointments, / fan with palm leaves, and plunge into lakes.

And one should drink parched-grain flour with sugar and honey-water, / and eat aged śāli rice and ṣaṣṭika rice with mudga soup,

and sweet broths of dry-land animals prepared with ghee; / one should consume vidārī, sugarcane juice, grapes, and other things of that kind.

When the surge of bile has subsided, one should drink ghee in autumn; / thus his body is nourished, and the remaining doshas pass downwards.

Because of the dryness of the west wind and the coolness of the season, / the dhātus of men undergo roughness in early winter.

Therefore one should resort to various kinds of unctuous substances and bathing with warm water; / roughness and harshness are calmed by massage in this way.

Birds, aquatic [creatures], fish, combined with unctuous, sour, and saline substances, / and marshland meats, and others of that kind, one should consume.

For the west wind is pungent, and the coldness of water is intense; / the wind would excessively dry up the body because of dry food.

One should wear heavy coverings and resort to sunshine and fire; / for when dry, strength is taken away from the creature's body by heat.

The waters indeed become cold and sweet in early winter; / therefore phlegm accumulates on account of them and unctuous foods.

Because of the coldness of the season, it does not liquefy for that long; / therefore in late winter one should drink vāruṇī mixed with oil and jaggery,

and one should eat various meats according to their proper manner. / Thus phlegm accumulated here in embodied beings on account of the cold

arrives at liquefaction when touched by the sun's heat in spring; / for the sun reaches the middle quarter in spring.

As if mountains were burning, [the heat] provokes [phlegm] in the bodies of men; / then the phlegm, liquefied, smears over the heart.

Therefore vomiting and indigestion are seen at the end of late winter; / for that reason honey and mārdvīka are declared in spring to destroy phlegm. / Thus the sixth chapter in Bheḷa. / Thus ends the Section on Specific Determination in the Compendium of Bheḷa. / Section on the Body. / Second chapter. / […] remains; in the tenth month after birth, when the name and lineage are venerated, / in a young boy, as the dhātus grow, / even when the bones and marrow are full, semen is not yet produced.