Charak Samhita

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द्रव्यप्रमाणं तु यदुक्तमस्मिन्मध्येषु तत् कोष्ठवयोबलेषु| तन्मूलमालम्ब्य भवेद्विकल्प्यं तेषां विकल्प्योऽभ्यधिकोनभावः||८६||

[Standard and personalized dose] The dose prescribed in the text are for the person with madhyama koshtha (normal bowel), vaya (middle age) & bala (strength). With reference to this one can alter the dose either higher or lesser.

english translation

dravyapramANaM tu yaduktamasminmadhyeSu tat koSThavayobaleSu| tanmUlamAlambya bhavedvikalpyaM teSAM vikalpyo'bhyadhikonabhAvaH||86||

hk transliteration by Sanscript