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Generally, white ṣaṣṭika rice is cold, heavy, and destroys the three humours. ### [1.169.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.3) Śyāmāka is drying, rough, wind-producing, and destroys phlegm and bile; likewise are priyaṅgu, nīvāra, and koradūṣa described. ### [1.169.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.4) Bahuvāra is cold at once; barley destroys phlegm and bile. Wheat is aphrodisiac, cold, heavy, sweet, and destroys wind. ### [1.169.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.5) 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. ### [1.169.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.6) 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. ### [1.169.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.7) Moth bean alleviates bleeding-bile and fever, is cold and binding. Chickpea is recorded as destroying virility, blood, phlegm, and bile, and causing wind. ### [1.169.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.8) Lentil is sweet, cooling, astringent, and removes kapha and pitta. / Likewise, pea is endowed with all good qualities, but aggravates vāta exceedingly. ### [1.169.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.9) 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. ### [1.169.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.10) Sesame is alkaline, sweet, unctuous, strengthening, hot, and causes pitta. / Various kinds of grains are debilitating, drying, and cooling. ### [1.169.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.11) Leadwort, ingudī, and nālīkā; pippalī and red moringa; / cavya, caraṇa, nirguṇḍī, tarkārī, and kāsamarda; ### [1.169.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.12) 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. ### [1.169.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.13) Castor has a bitter taste; kākamācī removes all three humors. / Wood sorrel destroys kapha and vāta; brown mustard produces all humors. ### [1.169.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.14) Likewise is safflower; black mustard increases vāta and pitta. / Corchorus destroys kapha and pitta; cucu is sweet and cooling. ### [1.169.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.15) A lotus petal removes humors, and flat pea greatly generates vāta. / Potherb goosefoot is slightly alkaline, destroys all humors, and is an excellent appetizer. ### [1.169.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.16) Amaranth eliminates poison, and others such as spinach likewise. / Raw radish produces humors, but steamed it removes vāta and kapha; ### [1.169.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.17) 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; ### [1.169.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.18) 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. ### [1.169.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.19) Watermelon and bottle gourd destroy pitta and produce vāta. / Cucumber and melon increase vāta and kapha, and ward off pitta. ### [1.169.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.20) Kokum destroys kapha and vāta; jambīra lime removes kapha and vāta. / Pomegranate overcomes vāta and is astringent; the orange fruit is heavy. ### [1.169.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.21) 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. ### [1.169.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.22) Āmalaka is laxative, aphrodisiac, sweet, pleasing to the heart, and productive of acid. / Harītakī creates relish for food, is sacred, and is like nectar; ### [1.169.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.23) 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. ### [1.169.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.24) Lakucha produces humors; sweet bakula overcomes kapha and vāta. / Citron destroys abdominal tumors, vāta, kapha, asthma, and cough. ### [1.169.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.25) 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. ### [1.169.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.26) 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. ### [1.169.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.27) Tinduka destroys kapha and vāta; jujube removes vāta and pitta. / Bilva causes constipation and increases vāta; priyāla removes vāta. ### [1.169.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.28) The rājādana fruit, banana, jackfruit, and that produced from coconut / are said to produce semen and muscle, and are sweet, unctuous, and heavy. ### [1.169.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.29) Grape, madhūka, date, and saffron overcome gout. / Māgadhī, when ripe, is sweet and an excellent remover of asthma and pitta. ### [1.169.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.30) 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. ### [1.169.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.31) 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. ### [1.169.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.32) 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. ### [1.169.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.33) Black salt removes constipation, is hot, and destroys heart colic. / Viḍaṅga is hot, relieves colic, is sharp, and destroys vāta. ### [1.169.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.34) Sambhar salt increases vāta, is sweet, appetizing, moistening, and heavy. / Barley alkali destroys heart disease, jaundice, and throat diseases, and kindles the digestive fire. ### [1.169.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.35) Natron is burning, digestive, sharp, and tearing. / Rain water removes humors, is light, pleasing to the heart, and neutralizes poison. ### [1.169.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.36) 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. ### [1.169.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.37) 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. ### [1.169.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.38) 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. ### [1.169.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.39) Hot water removes fever, asthma, fat, vāta, and kapha. / Boiled and cooled, it destroys the three humors; stale, it produces humors. ### [1.169.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.40) 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. ### [1.169.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.41) 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. ### [1.169.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.42) Curd is supremely vāta-relieving, aphrodisiac, and produces pitta and kapha. / Whey obtained from churning removes humors and cleanses the channels. ### [1.169.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.43) Freshly churned butter destroys sprue, hemorrhoids, and affliction from facial paralysis. / Coagulated milk preparations such as kilāṭa are heavy and cause skin disorders. ### [1.169.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.44) 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. ### [1.169.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.45) 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. ### [1.169.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.46) 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; ### [1.169.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.47) 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. ### [1.169.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.48) Mustard oil destroys worms and jaundice, and removes kapha, fat, and vāta. / Linseed oil is harmful to the eyes, removes pitta, and destroys vāta. ### [1.169.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.49) 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. ### [1.169.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.50) It removes hiccup, asthma, worms, vomiting, urinary disease, thirst, and poison. / Sugarcane juices destroy hemorrhagic disease, give strength, are aphrodisiac, and produce kapha. ### [1.169.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.51) Treacle produces pitta; surā and sugar candies are light. / Candied sugar is aphrodisiac, unctuous, sweet, and overcomes bleeding, pitta, and vāta. ### [1.169.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.52) 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. ### [1.169.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.53) Sugarcane sugar destroys hemorrhagic disease, is aphrodisiac, and unctuous. / Liquor produces all varieties of pitta; owing to sourness, it overcomes kapha and vāta. ### [1.169.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.54) 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. ### [1.169.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.55) Gruel is light, normalises vāta, and cleanses the bladder; / mixed with buttermilk, pomegranate, and vyoṣa, or with jaggery, honey, and pippalī, ### [1.169.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.56) this properly prepared gruel cures cough, asthma, and dysentery. / Milk-rice produces phlegm and gives strength; kṛśarā destroys vāta. ### [1.169.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.57) Well-washed, drained, unctuous, comfortably warm \[rice\] is light and appetising; / cooked with bulbous roots, roots, and fruits, it is nourishing and heavy. ### [1.169.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.58) Well-prepared soup taken slightly warm is light. / Boiled, squeezed vegetables seasoned with oil or ghee and the like are beneficial. ### [1.169.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.59) 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. ### [1.169.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.60) 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. ### [1.169.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.61) 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. ### [1.169.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.62) 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. ### [1.169.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.63) Very hot flatbreads are wholesome, but cold ones are considered heavy. / Water taken as an after-drink dispels fatigue, thirst, and other \[disorders\]. ### [1.169.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.64) 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. ### [1.169.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.65) 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. ### [1.169.65.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169.65.p1) 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. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.169.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.169) · Pramāṇa