The Compendium of Caraka 3.3.36_4

3.3.36_4

Moreover, proper, gradual use of actions and food preparations opposed to the qualities of place, season, and self; abandonment of all excessive, deficient, and erroneous associations; control over all excessive urges; non-suppression of emerging [urges] that have natural movement; and avoidance of rash overexertion—we recognize these as the cause of continuous health, we teach this correctly, and we see it rightly."