الحاوي في الطب (Liber Continens — Part 3)

And upon nature, it would be the most harmful food in the end. This milk is very bad for a diet that needs to be dissolved; it is not beneficial as a coolant if it aids the heat of the food, to invalidate digestion and weaken it. These temperaments and flatulence are suitable for food that has been overcome by yellow bile. As for these, one must set a great number; one must make the pressing of the milk bad. As for the drink that is little for the body, it is nevertheless quick to digest, sweet, and does not cause murmurs.

A drink of great benefit, for whoever is in this state, for any of the conditions of all who need to live by their hands, does not need to drink any beverages other than the drink alone, provided that he is not in a fever. But the watery drink, which is deep and of little tolerance, is the most beneficial thing for them. That is because it is [thin?], and this water, it has what it has of weakness, and it is not suitable to take the strong drink in what he fears will harm him, and from the essence of the watery temperament in what he intends for it. From the symptoms that we have described for it, it is suitable for the intent of what he described. The work requires that it is not permissible except for the sharp ointment from waters. For all these sayings, it is used [to counteract] the coldness of the water; if the fever is due to the coldness of the surface of the stomach and the cycle of coldness is in it, it hastens and warns against preventing and voiding. It dissolves the strength of the stomach, and because of that, it becomes dry due to poor digestion, or by being keen on some food that is more helpful. The drink by shock is the fastest to penetrate and on the esophagus and its obstructions. It generates good blood and speeds up nutrition, cools the vitality of the organs, and drives the humors to the biles t. If he wants to expel a humor, he should expel it with what he has. Let the amount he is given be such that it does not stay long in the stomach and does not cause gurgling. The amount of food should be such that it does not weigh on the stomach, if that is possible.