Good for the voice and throat · 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. |
| Ikshumula | Ikshu Saccharum officinarum L. |
| Madhuka contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
| Pippali | Pippali Piper longum L. |
| Draksha | Draksha Vitis vinifera L. |
| Vidari | Vidari Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC. |
| Kaidarya | Katphala Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
| Hamsapadi | not yet written up in this library |
| Brihati | Brihati Solanum anguivi Lam. |
| Kantakari | Kantakari Solanum virginianum 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.
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.