Charak Samhita

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तीक्ष्णोष्णरूक्षभावान्मद्यं पित्तानिलौ प्रकोपयति | शोषयतोऽपां धातुं तावेव हि मद्यशीलानाम् ||२१||

sanskrit

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