The Compendium of Caraka 4.8.48

4.8.48

Now, having ascertained that the puerperal woman is hungry, one should make her drink an unctuous substance to the limit of her capacity—ghee, oil, muscle fat, or bone marrow, having observed what is habitual to her—mixed with the powder of long pepper, long pepper root, cavya, citraka, and ginger.