A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s13.6

v3.c42.s13.6

Chapters seven to twenty-three are devoted to the medicinal properties of foods and drinks:¹² water (7: jala), milk and dairy produce (8: kṣīra), urine (9: mūtra), products of the sugarcane (10: ikṣu), kāñjika (11), maṇḍa (12), yūṣa (13), fatty substances (14: tailavasā), grain (15: dhānya), vegetables (16: śāka), fruits (17: phala), honey (18: madhu), alcoholic drinks (19: madya), flesh of quadrupeds (20: catuṣpadānāṃ māṃsavargaḥ), flesh of terrestrial animals, mainly birds (21: sthalacarāṇāṃ māṃsavargaḥ), flesh of aquatic animals (22: jalacarāṇāṃ māṃsavargaḥ), and prepared foods, supplemented with rules concerning diet (23: annapāna).