Ushna jala—(warm water)

Hot (warm) water stimulates hunger, helps digestion, good for the throat, easily digestable, cleanses the urinary bladder, relieves hiccup, flatulence, aggravation of anila (vata) and 1eman (kapha); is ideal on the days of purifictory therapy’ and for those suffering from nascent fevers, coug:, ama (accumulation of undigested materials), running in the nose, dysp’a and pain in the flanks. 16—17.
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Water which has been boiled and then cooled is not going to increase the moisture inside the body, too much is easily digestable and ideal for the doas associated with pitta. Water which has beei kept overnight (so become static) causes (aggravation of) all the three doas. 18.


Närikelodaka (Coconut water) :—is unctous, sweet, aphrodisiac, coolant, easily digestable, relieves thirst, (aggravation of) pitt and anila (vata), increases hunger and clea ses the urinary bladder

During vară (rainy season) rr in water is best ar river
water least. (in their qualities and fitness for drinking).

Ksira varga—( group of milk and milk products) :—

Generally milk is sweet in taste and also at the end of digestion, nictous, invigourating, increases the dhatus (tissues of the body), micigatcsvăta and pitta, is aphrodisiac, increases leman (kapha) not easily digestable and co&ant. 20—2 1.
Gows—(cow’s milk)

Cow’s milk promotes long life, is rejuvinator, good for those emaciated after injury ( especially to the chest), increases intelligence, strength and breast milk; helps easy movement of the bowels and cures exhaustion, dizziness toxicity, inauspiciousness, dyspnoea, (increased respiration ), cough, severe thirst and hunger, long standing fevers, dysurea and bleeding diseases. 214—22.
Mahij kjira—(buffalo’s milk) :—

Mahiia-kira ( buffalo’s milk) is good for those suffering from very powerful digestive activity and from loss of sleep, is not easily digestable and is cold (in potency). 23.
Aja ksira-.( goat’s milk)

Ajă (ksira)—gua’s milk-is easiy aigestable because of the goat drinking little quantities of water, doing more physical

exercise, and eating food which is of pungent and bitter tastes; it cures consumption (pulmonary tuberculosis), fevers, dyspnoea, bleeding diseases and diarrhoea. 24. U1fra kira (camel’s milk)

Ouraka (milk of camcl)—is slightly UOL—U’1ctouS, hot (in poteney), salty, increases hunger and easily digestable. Ii is good for mitigating văta and kapha, distention of the abdomen, (intestinal), worms, dropsy, enlargcment of the abdomen and heamorrhoids. 25.
Mănusa kizra—(milk) :—

Mänusa ksira (human milk-breast milk), relieves (aggravation of) văta, pitta and ask (blood), cures traumatic wounds, and diseases of the eye by use in the form of tarpa ia (bathing the eye) acyotana (eye drops) and nasya (nasal drops). 26,
Aoika kjra(ewe’s milk)

Avikra (cwe’s mhlc) is floE good to the heart (rniud), is hot (in potency), cures diseases of väta origin, gives rise to hiccup, dyspnoea, increase of pitta and kapha. 26
Hastikira—(elephant’s milk) :— Hastini k1ra (elephant’s milk) is strengthening.