Adjuvant to niruha basti · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Trivrit | Trivrit Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso |
| Bilva | Bilva Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa |
| Pippali | Pippali Piper longum L. |
| Madanaphala | Madanaphala Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. |
| Shatapushpa contested | Shatapushpa Anethum graveolens L. |
| Madhuka contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
| Vacha | Vacha Acorus calamus L. |
| Nimba | Nimba Azadirachta indica A.Juss. |
| Kushtha | Kushtha Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch. |
| Saindhava | Rock salt |
Shatapushpa
Shatapushpa and Mishreya are the standing confusion of Dravyaguna. Shatapushpa is taken as Anethum sowa, Mishreya as fennel, and North and South Indian practice swap them.
Madhuka
Madhuka is both Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra) and Madhuka (Madhuca longifolia). Through the mahakashaya and most ganas it is read as Yashtimadhu. In Nyagrodhadi, a group of latex-bearing trees, it is Madhuca longifolia — the group decides the reading.