Pitta, bleeding, and the building of tissue · Sushruta's thirty-seven ganas
| System | Sushruta's thirty-seven ganas |
| Source | Sushruta Samhita, Sutrasthana 38 (Dravyasangrahaniya) |
| Dravya | 18 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Kakoli | Kakoli Roscoea purpurea Sm. |
| Kshirakakoli | Kshirakakoli Fritillaria roylei Hook. |
| Jivaka | Jivaka Malaxis acuminata D.Don |
| Rishabhaka | Rishabhaka Malaxis muscifera (Lindl.) Kuntze |
| Mudgaparni | Mudgaparni Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc. |
| Mashaparni | Mashaparni Teramnus labialis (L.f.) Spreng. |
| Meda | Meda Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. |
| Mahameda | Mahameda Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.) Royle |
| Chhinnaruha | Guduchi Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson |
| Karkatashringi | not yet written up in this library |
| Tugakshiri | not yet written up in this library |
| Padmaka | Padmaka Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
| Prapaundarika | not yet written up in this library |
| Riddhi | Riddhi Habenaria intermedia D.Don |
| Vriddhi | Vriddhi Habenaria edgeworthii Hook.f. ex Collett |
| Mridvika | Draksha Vitis vinifera L. |
| Jivanti | Jivanti Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. |
| 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.
3 of these 18 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.