The Compendium of Caraka 1.27.4_1

1.27.4_1

tat svabhāvādudaktaṃ kledayati, lavaṇaṃ viṣyandayati, kṣāraḥ pācayati, madhu saṃdadhāti, sarpiḥ snehayati, kṣīraṃ jīvayati, māṃsaṃ bṛṃhayati, rasaḥ prīṇayati, surā jarjarīkaroti, śīdhuravadhamati, drākṣāsavo dīpayati, phāṇitamācinoti, dadhi śophaṃ janayati, piṇyākaśākaṃ glapayati, prabhūtāntarmalo māṣasūpaḥ, dṛṣṭiśukraghnaḥ kṣāraḥ, prāyaḥ pittalamamlamanyatra dāḍimāmalakāt, prāyaḥ śleṣmalaṃ madhuramanyatra madhunaḥ purāṇācca śāliṣaṣṭikayavagodhūmāt, prāyastikaṃ vātalamavṛṣyaṃ cānyatra vegāgrāmṛtāpaṭolapatrāt, prāyaḥ kaṭukaṃ vātalamavṛṣyaṃ cānyatra pippalīviśvabheṣajāt//

In that regard, by its very nature, water moistens, salt liquefies, alkali digests, honey unites, ghee unctuates, milk invigorates, meat nourishes, meat juice gladdens, surā wine weakens, śīdhu wine depletes, grape-ferment kindles [the digestive fire], molasses-syrup accumulates, yoghurt produces swelling, the vegetable of oil-cake causes depression, black gram soup produces abundant internal waste, alkali destroys vision and semen, sour is generally pitta-increasing except for pomegranate and āmalakī, sweet is generally kapha-increasing except for honey and aged śāli rice, ṣaṣṭika rice, barley, and wheat, bitter is generally vāta-increasing and non-aphrodisiac except for vāyasi, amṛtā, and paṭola leaves, and pungent is generally vāta-increasing and non-aphrodisiac except for pippalī and ginger.