Life-sustaining · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Jivanti | Jivanti Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. |
| Kakoli | Kakoli Roscoea purpurea Sm. |
| Kshirakakoli | Kshirakakoli Fritillaria roylei Hook. |
| Meda | Meda Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. |
| Mahameda | Mahameda Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle |
| Mudgaparni | Mudgaparni Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc. |
| Mashaparni | Mashaparni Teramnus labialis (L.f.) Spreng. |
| Jivaka | Jivaka Malaxis acuminata D.Don |
| Rishabhaka | Rishabhaka Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze |
| Madhuka contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
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.