Charak Samhita

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मद्यं वा मद्यसात्म्याय यथादोषं यथाबलम्। गुरूष्णस्निग्धमधुरान् कषायांश्च नवज्वरे ॥१९५॥

Depending upon the doshas involved and the strength of the patient madya (wines) may be given to those patients for whom it is wholesome. ॥ Contra-indications in jwara॥ Food ingredients, which are heavy to digest, hot in potency, with unctuous property, sweet and astringent taste should preferably be avoided in a patient suffering from nava jwara (the patient of first stage of jwara) in order to facilitate the paka of the doshas.

english translation

madyaM vA madyasAtmyAya yathAdoSaM yathAbalam। gurUSNasnigdhamadhurAn kaSAyAMzca navajvare ॥195॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript