[26] Now at that time bhikkhus, having received those five medicines (bhesajja) at the right time, consumed them at the right time. Yet even those ordinary, coarse foods of theirs did not agree with them—still less the rich, oily ones. Afflicted both by that autumnal ailment and by this loss of appetite for food, through both of these together they became exceedingly thin, haggard, of bad complexion, growing sallow and yellowish, their limbs covered with prominent veins.
The Blessed One saw those bhikkhus—exceedingly thin, haggard, of bad complexion, grown sallow and yellowish, their limbs covered with prominent veins—and having seen them, he addressed the Venerable Ānanda: "Why is it, Ānanda, that at present the bhikkhus are exceedingly thin, haggard, of bad complexion, grown sallow and yellowish, their limbs covered with prominent veins?"
"At present, venerable sir, bhikkhus, having received those five medicines at the right time, consume them at the right time. Yet even those ordinary, coarse foods of theirs do not agree with them—still less the rich, oily ones. Afflicted both by that autumnal ailment and by this loss of appetite for food, through both of these together they have become exceedingly thin, haggard, of bad complexion, grown sallow and yellowish, their limbs covered with prominent veins."
Then the Blessed One, having given a talk on the Dhamma in connection with that origin, in connection with that occasion, addressed the bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, I allow those five medicines, having been received, to be consumed both at the right time and outside the right time."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.