Yogashataka 45

45

khaṇḍān kuṣmāṇḍakānām atha pacanavidhisvinnaśuṣkājyabhṛṣṭān
nyasyet khaṇḍe vipakve samaricamagadhāśuṇṭhyajājītrigandhān /
leho 'yaṃ bālavṛddhānilarudhirakṛśastrīprasaktakṣatānāṃ
tṛṣṇākāsāsrapittaśvasanagudarujācharditānāṃ ca śastaḥ //

Then, one should drop pieces of ash gourd—steamed according to the method of cooking, dried, and fried in clarified butter—
into melted sugar, together with black pepper, long pepper, ginger, cumin, and the three aromatics.
This electuary is commended for children, the elderly, those emaciated by wind and blood, those exhausted by women,
and those afflicted with thirst, cough, bleeding disorders, dyspnoea, pain in the rectum, and vomiting.