Charak Samhita

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सर्वेषां तैलजातानां तिलतैलं विशिष्यते| बलार्थे स्नेहने चाग्र्यमैरण्डं तु विरेचने ||१२|| (कटूष्णं तैलमैरण्डं वातश्लेष्महरं गुरु | कषायस्वादुतिक्तैश्च योजितं पित्तहन्त्रपि ||१||)

[Oils] Among all varieties of oils, sesame oil is considered the best and is ideal for giving strength and unctuousness. Castor oil is the best for virechana (purgation). It is pungent, ushna virya (hot potency), alleviates vitiated vata and kapha, guru (dense, viscous or heavy) in nature and when used with astringent, sweet, bitter drugs it also helps mitigate aggravated pitta.

english translation

sarveSAM tailajAtAnAM tilatailaM viziSyate| balArthe snehane cAgryamairaNDaM tu virecane ||12|| (kaTUSNaM tailamairaNDaM vAtazleSmaharaM guru | kaSAyasvAdutiktaizca yojitaM pittahantrapi ||1||)

hk transliteration by Sanscript