body as well as those suffering from the effects of sexual excess and those accustomed to physical exercise should be treated with Snigdha food (and drink); while persons with an excess of bodily Medas and Kapha as well as those suffering from Meha and those previously treated with a Sneha should be treated with Ruksha(or non-demulcent) food and drink. 17-18.
Weak, parched and thirsty persons should be given Drava (liquid) food ; while those suffering from Mehaand ulcers as well as those whose bodies are full of Kleda (bodily moisture) should be given dry (non-juicy) food. Persons with impaired digestion should be given only one meal every day, so that the digestive fire may have opportunities to) be rekindled; while persons with the proper amount of digestion should be given two meals a day. 19-20.
Medicine should be given with food and drink to a person averse to it, while food and drink in smallerquantity would be beneficial to persons suffering from impaired digestion or any other disease. Food and drink administered with due regard to the bodily Doshas is called Dosha-praśamana; while any kind of food and drink taken for the preservation of life by a healthy person would be called Vrittayrtha food and drink. These are the twelve different kinds of food and drink. 21-22.
Proper times for the administration of Medicines:— We shall now speak of the ten specific times (i. e. proper occasions) for the administration of medicines. They are — Nir-bhakta, Prág-bhakta, Adho-bhakta, Madhye-bhakta, Antará-bhakta, Sa-bhakta, Sámudga, Muhur-muhuh, Grása and Grásántara. 23.
Of the above medicines what is applied alone (with or without some vehicle but not with any food
