Garudapurana 1.169

The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: [Chapter] 169
Dhanvantari said:
I will speak of the rules for post-prandial drinks, to discern what is wholesome and unwholesome.
Red rice destroys the three humours, and ward off thirst and fat.

Mahāśāli rice is supreme as an aphrodisiac; kalama destroys phlegm and bile.
Generally, white ṣaṣṭika rice is cold, heavy, and destroys the three humours.

Śyāmāka is drying, rough, wind-producing, and destroys phlegm and bile;
likewise are priyaṅgu, nīvāra, and koradūṣa described.

Bahuvāra is cold at once; barley destroys phlegm and bile.
Wheat is aphrodisiac, cold, heavy, sweet, and destroys wind.

Mung bean conquers phlegm, bile, and blood; it is astringent, sweet, and light.
Black gram gives great strength, is aphrodisiac, removes bile and phlegm, and is heavy.

Kidney bean is anaphrodisiac, destroys phlegm and bile, and relieves distress of wind.
Horse gram removes dyspnoea and hiccup, and removes phlegm, abdominal tumours, and wind.

Moth bean alleviates bleeding-bile and fever, is cold and binding.
Chickpea is recorded as destroying virility, blood, phlegm, and bile, and causing wind.

Lentil is sweet, cooling, astringent, and removes kapha and pitta. / Likewise, pea is endowed with all good qualities, but aggravates vāta exceedingly.

So too, soybean is known to destroy kapha and pitta, and increase semen. / Linseed should be known as pitta-producing, and white mustard overcomes kapha and vāta.

Sesame is alkaline, sweet, unctuous, strengthening, hot, and causes pitta. / Various kinds of grains are debilitating, drying, and cooling.

Leadwort, ingudī, and nālīkā; pippalī and red moringa; / cavya, caraṇa, nirguṇḍī, tarkārī, and kāsamarda;

Together with bilva, [these] destroy kapha and pitta, destroy worms, are light, and kindle the digestive fire. / The two kinds of punarnavā overcome vāta and kapha, and remove humors.

Castor has a bitter taste; kākamācī removes all three humors. / Wood sorrel destroys kapha and vāta; brown mustard produces all humors.

Likewise is safflower; black mustard increases vāta and pitta. / Corchorus destroys kapha and pitta; cucu is sweet and cooling.

A lotus petal removes humors, and flat pea greatly generates vāta. / Potherb goosefoot is slightly alkaline, destroys all humors, and is an excellent appetizer.

Amaranth eliminates poison, and others such as spinach likewise. / Raw radish produces humors, but steamed it removes vāta and kapha;

Indeed, when cooked it is considered beneficial to the throat, wholesome, and a remover of all humors. / Bristly snake-gourd along with eggplant, pointed gourd, and bitter gourd;

Remove skin diseases, urinary disorders, fever, asthma, cough, pitta, and kapha. / Ash gourd removes all humors, is beneficial to the heart, and cleanses the bladder.

Watermelon and bottle gourd destroy pitta and produce vāta. / Cucumber and melon increase vāta and kapha, and ward off pitta.

Kokum destroys kapha and vāta; jambīra lime removes kapha and vāta. / Pomegranate overcomes vāta and is astringent; the orange fruit is heavy.

The filament and [fruit of] the citron are digestive stimulants and remove kapha and vāta. / Black gram removes vāta and pitta; [its] skin is unctuous, hot, and banishes vāta.

Āmalaka is laxative, aphrodisiac, sweet, pleasing to the heart, and productive of acid. / Harītakī creates relish for food, is sacred, and is like nectar;

It is purgative and destroys kapha and vāta; vibhītaka likewise overcomes all three humors. / The fruit of tamarind is sour, purgative, and eliminates vāta and kapha.

Lakucha produces humors; sweet bakula overcomes kapha and vāta. / Citron destroys abdominal tumors, vāta, kapha, asthma, and cough.

Wood apple is astringent, removes humors, is heavy when ripe, and neutralizes poison; / unripe it produces kapha and pitta, and fully mature it increases pitta.

A ripe mango produces vāta and bestows muscle, semen, complexion, and strength. / The rose apple destroys vāta, kapha, and pitta, is astringent, and causes constipation.

Tinduka destroys kapha and vāta; jujube removes vāta and pitta. / Bilva causes constipation and increases vāta; priyāla removes vāta.

The rājādana fruit, banana, jackfruit, and that produced from coconut / are said to produce semen and muscle, and are sweet, unctuous, and heavy.

Grape, madhūka, date, and saffron overcome gout. / Māgadhī, when ripe, is sweet and an excellent remover of asthma and pitta.

Fresh ginger stimulates appetite, is aphrodisiac, promotes digestion, and removes kapha and vāta. / Dry ginger, black pepper, and long pepper are held to overcome kapha and vāta.

One should know black pepper to be non-aphrodisiac: such is the medical consensus. / Asafoetida removes abdominal tumors, colic, and constipation, and banishes vāta and kapha.

Ajwain, coriander, and cumin are foremost in driving away vāta and kapha. / Rock salt is stated to be beneficial for the eyes, aphrodisiac, and pacifying to the three humors.

Black salt removes constipation, is hot, and destroys heart colic. / Viḍaṅga is hot, relieves colic, is sharp, and destroys vāta.

Sambhar salt increases vāta, is sweet, appetizing, moistening, and heavy. / Barley alkali destroys heart disease, jaundice, and throat diseases, and kindles the digestive fire.

Natron is burning, digestive, sharp, and tearing. / Rain water removes humors, is light, pleasing to the heart, and neutralizes poison.

River water increases vāta and is drying; lake water is sweet and light. / Well-spring water removes vāta and kapha; pond water is considered to increase vāta.

Waterfall water brings relish and digestive fire, is dry, removes kapha, and is light. / Well water is digestive and generates pitta; spring water destroys pitta.

Water touched by the sun's rays by day and by the moon's rays by night / is freed from all humors, equal to celestial water.

Hot water removes fever, asthma, fat, vāta, and kapha. / Boiled and cooled, it destroys the three humors; stale, it produces humors.

Cow's milk destroys vāta and pitta, is unctuous, heavy, and a rejuvenator. / Buffalo milk is heavier than cow's, unctuous, and diminishes digestive fire.

Goat's milk destroys bloody diarrhea, and removes cough, asthma, and kapha; / [it is] beneficial to the eyes, prolongs life, and for women serves as a nasal drop in hemorrhagic disease.

Curd is supremely vāta-relieving, aphrodisiac, and produces pitta and kapha. / Whey obtained from churning removes humors and cleanses the channels.

Freshly churned butter destroys sprue, hemorrhoids, and affliction from facial paralysis. / Coagulated milk preparations such as kilāṭa are heavy and cause skin disorders.

Buttermilk is declared by ancient sages to be an excellent remover of sprue, swelling, hemorrhoids, / jaundice, diarrhea, and abdominal tumors, and a pacifier of the three humors.

Clarified butter is aphrodisiac, sweet, and removes vāta, pitta, and kapha. / Cow's ghee improves intellect and eyesight, and by processing it overcomes the three humors.

Processed ghee destroys epilepsy, disease, insanity, and fainting. / One should know the ghee of goats and others by the virtuous qualities of cow's milk. / Urine removes kapha and vāta, and eliminates all worms and poisons;

It removes jaundice, abdominal swelling, skin diseases, hemorrhoids, / edema, abdominal tumors, and urinary disorders. Sesame oil removes vāta and kapha, gives strength, and is beneficial for the hair.

Mustard oil destroys worms and jaundice, and removes kapha, fat, and vāta. / Linseed oil is harmful to the eyes, removes pitta, and destroys vāta.

Oil of vibhītaka destroys kapha and pitta, is beneficial for the hair, and nourishes the skin and ears. / Honey is said to destroy the three humors, and it is proclaimed to increase vāta.

It removes hiccup, asthma, worms, vomiting, urinary disease, thirst, and poison. / Sugarcane juices destroy hemorrhagic disease, give strength, are aphrodisiac, and produce kapha.

Treacle produces pitta; surā and sugar candies are light. / Candied sugar is aphrodisiac, unctuous, sweet, and overcomes bleeding, pitta, and vāta.

Jaggery removes vāta and pitta, is dry, destroys vāta, and produces kapha. / Aged jaggery is an excellent reliever of pitta, wholesome, and purifies the blood.

Sugarcane sugar destroys hemorrhagic disease, is aphrodisiac, and unctuous. / Liquor produces all varieties of pitta; owing to sourness, it overcomes kapha and vāta.

Likewise, varieties of sour gruel cause hemorrhagic disease and are sharp. / Rice gruel made from parched rice is digestive, kindles the digestive fire, and is wholesome.

Gruel is light, normalises vāta, and cleanses the bladder; / mixed with buttermilk, pomegranate, and vyoṣa, or with jaggery, honey, and pippalī,

this properly prepared gruel cures cough, asthma, and dysentery. / Milk-rice produces phlegm and gives strength; kṛśarā destroys vāta.

Well-washed, drained, unctuous, comfortably warm [rice] is light and appetising; / cooked with bulbous roots, roots, and fruits, it is nourishing and heavy.

Well-prepared soup taken slightly warm is light. / Boiled, squeezed vegetables seasoned with oil or ghee and the like are beneficial.

Soup made with pomegranates and āmalakas stimulates the digestive fire and destroys vāta and pitta; / made with āmalakas, it relieves asthma, cough, catarrh, and phlegm.

Soup made of barley, kola, and kulattha is soothing to the throat and dispels wind; / that prepared from mudga and āmalaka is astringent and destroys phlegm and pitta.

Curds with jaggery destroy vāta; barley-groats are dry and provoke wind. / A śaṣkulī pastry filled with ghee enkindles the digestive fire, is aphrodisiac, and heavy.

Flour pastries prepared with meat are regarded as nourishing and heavy; / those cooked in oil damage eyesight, and those steamed in water are hard to digest.

Very hot flatbreads are wholesome, but cold ones are considered heavy. / Water taken as an after-drink dispels fatigue, thirst, and other [disorders].

One who protects himself through food, drink, and the like will be free of disease. / [Food mixed with poison] is not warm, has the lustre of a peacock's neck, and poison causes discoloration.

Its smell, touch, and taste are pungent, and the eater experiences mental distress; / upon smelling it, eye-disease arises that cannot be cured even by the best physicians; / trembling, yawning, and the like occur—such is the characteristic of poison.

Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Rules of After-Drinks and Related Matters," in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.