A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c13.101

v1.c13.101

These elements nourish in their turn other bodily constituents:³⁹⁶ rasa nourishes the breastmilk (stanya) and the blood (rakta) in women (that is transformed into the menstrual discharge), blood (asṛj) nourishes the kaṇḍarās and sirās, māṃsa nourishes vasā and the six layers of the skin, medas nourishes the snāyus and sandhis (15.17).