Charak Samhita
कुर्यात्तान् भक्षयेत् क्षीणः क्षतः शुष्कश्च मानवः। तेन सद्यो रसादीनां वृद्ध्या पुष्टिं स विन्दति ॥६९॥
These cakes should be taken by the person suffering from kshatakshina and consumption. Intake of these cakes instantaneously promote tissues elements like rasa etc. as a result of which the individual gets nourished.
english translation
kuryAttAn bhakSayet kSINaH kSataH zuSkazca mAnavaH। tena sadyo rasAdInAM vRddhyA puSTiM sa vindati ॥69॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript