LAISHA · AYURVEDA

Brihatyadi

Agni, bladder and the urinary passage · Sushruta's thirty-seven ganas

SystemSushruta's thirty-seven ganas
SourceSushruta Samhita, Sutrasthana 38 (Dravyasangrahaniya)
Dravya5

The 5 dravya

NameIdentity
BrihatiBrihati Solanum anguivi Lam.
KantakarikaKantakari Solanum virginianum L.
KutajaphalaKutaja Holarrhena pubescens Wall. ex G.Don
PathaPatha Cissampelos pareira L.
Madhuka contestedYashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L.

Where the commentators differ

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.

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