Astanga Hrudaya
वृष्याः क्षीणक्षतहिता रक्तपित्तानिलापहाः। मत्स्यण्डिकाखण्डसिताः क्रमेण गुणवत्तमाः ॥४९॥
MATSYANDIKADI – (BROWN SUGAR ETC.):- Matsyandika (brown sugar), Khanda (sugar candy) and Sita (white crystalline sugar) in their succeeding order are better.They are aphrodisiac, good for the emaciated and the wounded, useful in bleeding diseases and aggravation of Vata.
english translation
vRSyAH kSINakSatahitA raktapittAnilApahAH। matsyaNDikAkhaNDasitAH krameNa guNavattamAH ॥49॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript