Astanga Hrudaya

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बहुमेदःकफाः स्वप्युः स्नेहनित्याश्च नाहनि। विषार्तः कण्ठरोगी च नैव जातु निशास्वपि॥६०॥

for those suffering from asthma, hiccup, diarrhea, for the aged, the children, the debilitated, the emaciated, those having injury, thirst, abdominal pain, indigestion; those assaulted, those intoxicated, and those who are habituated to day sleep. In them it maintains the normalcy of the tissues and the Kapha nourishes the body. Who should not have day sleep? Obese, in whom Kapha is aggravated, who take regular oily food, Those who are suffering from poisoning and throat disease patients should not sleep even at night.

english translation

bahumedaHkaphAH svapyuH snehanityAzca nAhani। viSArtaH kaNTharogI ca naiva jAtu nizAsvapi॥60॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript