The Compendium of Caraka 3.7.15_1

3.7.15_1

prakṛtivighātastveṣāṃ kaṭutiktakaṣāyakṣāroṣṇānāṃ dravyāṇāmupayogaḥ, yaccānyadapi kiṃcicchleṣmapurīṣapratyanīkabhūtaṃ tat syāt; iti prakṛtivighātaḥ/

"Destruction of their supportive habitat, however, is the use of substances that are pungent, bitter, astringent, alkaline, and hot, and whatever else is antagonistic to phlegm and feces. Such is the destruction of their supportive habitat."