The Compendium of Caraka 4.8.55_1

4.8.55_1

tasya viśeṣāḥ---śyāvāruṇavarṇaṃ kaṣāyānurasaṃ viśadamanālakṣyagandhaṃ rūkṣaṃ dravaṃ phenilaṃ laghvatṛptikaraṃ karśanaṃ vātavikārāṇāṃ kartṛ vātopasṛṣṭaṃ kṣīramabhijñeyaṃ ; kṛṣṇanīlapītatāmrāvabhāsaṃ tiktāmlakaṭukānurasaṃ kuṇaparudhiragandhi bhṛśoṣṇaṃ pittavikārāṇāṃ kartṛ ca pittopasṛṣṭaṃ kṣīramabhijñeyam, atyarthaśuklamatimādhuryopapannaṃ lavaṇānurasaṃ ghṛtatailavasāmajjagandhi picchilaṃ tantumadudakapātre 'avasīdach(cch?)leṣmavikārāṇāṃ kartṛ śleṣmopasṛṣṭaṃ kṣīramabhijñeyam//

Its specific distinctions are: milk afflicted by vāta is to be recognized as greyish-reddish in color, with an astringent secondary taste, non-slimy, of imperceptible smell, unctuous, thin, frothy, light, non-satiating, emaciating, and causing disorders of vāta; milk afflicted by pitta is to be recognized as having a black, blue, yellow, or coppery hue, with a bitter, sour, or pungent secondary taste, smelling of a corpse or blood, very hot, and causing disorders of pitta; milk afflicted by śleṣman is to be recognized as excessively white, endowed with extreme sweetness, having a salty secondary taste, smelling of ghee, oil, muscle fat, or marrow, unctuous, stringy, sinking in a vessel of water, and causing disorders of śleṣman.