A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c25.214

v1.c25.214

Persons who should keep to the rule of the preceding verse are mentioned (10.24). A series of verses describe the effects of foods which are dry (rūkṣa), or too oleaginous (atisnigdha), hot, cold, liquid (drava), sweet, salt, sharp (tīkṣṇa), and sour (10.25–28).