General properties and actions of milk: Generally, milk is sweet, unctuous, cooling, galactagogue, pleasing, aphrodisiac, brain tonic (medhya, which increases intelligence),
सर्वप्राणभृतां सात्म्यं शमनं शोधनं तथा। तृष्णाघ्नं दीपनीयं च श्रेष्ठं क्षीणक्षतेषु च ॥१०९॥
wholesome to all living creatures, pacifies and evacuates the dosha, quenches the thirst, stimulates the digestion and very useful in emaciation due to lung ulcer.
पाण्डुरोगेऽम्लपित्ते च शोषे गुल्मे तथोदरे। अतीसारे ज्वरे दाहे श्वयथौ च विशेषतः ॥११०॥
General indications of milk: Milk is indicated in anemia(pandu), acid dyspepsia (amlapitta), consumption, gulma and generalized enlargement of abdomen(udara), diarrhea, fever, burning sensation, particularly in edema,