Charak Samhita

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तीक्ष्णोष्णरूक्षभावान्मद्यं पित्तानिलौ प्रकोपयति । शोषयतोऽपां धातुं तावेव हि मद्यशीलानाम् ॥२१॥

Alcohol by its quality being tikshna (the property which causes sharp action and quick penetration), salty, sultry and dry, provokes pitta and vata.

english translation

tIkSNoSNarUkSabhAvAnmadyaM pittAnilau prakopayati । zoSayato'pAM dhAtuM tAveva hi madyazIlAnAm ॥21॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript