Charak Samhita

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ग्राहीगृञ्जनकस्तीक्ष्णोवातश्लेष्मार्शसांहितः। स्वेदनेऽभ्यवहारेचयोजयेत्तमपित्तिनाम् ॥१७४॥

The leek/grinjanaka (Allium ameloprasum Hook.f. non Linn.) is an astringent, acute and beneficial in vata and kapha disorders and in piles. This should be used in sudation therapy and as an article of diet by those who are not suffering from pitta-discordance.

english translation

grAhIgRJjanakastIkSNovAtazleSmArzasAMhitaH| svedane'bhyavahArecayojayettamapittinAm ||174||

hk transliteration by Sanscript