Relieving fever · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Sariva | Sariva Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. ex Schult. |
| Padmaka | Padmaka Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
| Ushira | Ushira Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty |
| Musta | Musta Cyperus rotundus L. |
| Parpataka | Parpata Fumaria indica (Hausskn.) Pugsley |
| Chandana | Chandana Santalum album L. |
| Kiratatikta | Kalmegha Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees |
| Guduchi | Guduchi Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson |
| Hribera | not yet written up in this library |
| Dhanyaka | Dhanyaka Coriandrum sativum L. |
1 of these 10 names are not yet written up in Laisha's dravya library. The group is printed whole either way, because a gana with members quietly left out is not the gana.