Charak Samhita

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क्षीरजननानि तु मद्यानि सीधुवर्ज्यानि, ग्राम्यानूपौदकानि च शाकधान्यमांसानि, द्रवमधुराम्ललवणभूयिष्ठाश्चाहाराः,क्षीरिण्यश्चौषधयः, क्षीरपानमनायासश्च, वीरणषष्टिकशालीक्षुवालिकादर्भकुशकाशगुन्द्रेत्कटमूलकषायाणां च पानमिति(क्षीरजननानि) ||५७||

sanskrit

[Lactation-stimulants (or galactogogues)] Galactogogues (lactation-stimulants) include the following food articles and habits: all wines with the exception of sidhu, vegetables, cereals and meat of domestic, marshy and aquatic origins; food articles and liquids that have predominantly sweet, sour or salty taste; herbs containing milky juices; cow’s milk; avoidance of laborious tasks, and; drinking of the decoctions of roots of virana (Vetiveria zizanoides Nash.), shashtika (a variety of shali – Oryza sativa Linn.), shali (Oryza sativa Linn.), ikshuvalika (Astercantha longifolia Nees.), darbha (Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf), kusha (Desmostachya bipinnata Stapf), kasha (Saccharum spontaneum Linn.), gundra (Saccharum sara)and Itkata (-?-)(are galactogogues).

english translation

kSIrajananAni tu madyAni sIdhuvarjyAni, grAmyAnUpaudakAni ca zAkadhAnyamAMsAni, dravamadhurAmlalavaNabhUyiSThAzcAhArAH,kSIriNyazcauSadhayaH, kSIrapAnamanAyAsazca, vIraNaSaSTikazAlIkSuvAlikAdarbhakuzakAzagundretkaTamUlakaSAyANAM ca pAnamiti(kSIrajananAni) ||57||

hk transliteration by Sanscript