Destroying worms · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Akshiva | Shigru Moringa oleifera Lam. |
| Maricha | Maricha Piper nigrum L. |
| Gandira | not yet written up in this library |
| Kebuka | not yet written up in this library |
| Vidanga | Vidanga Embelia ribes Burm.f. |
| Nirgundi | Nirgundi Vitex negundo L. |
| Kinihi | not yet written up in this library |
| Shvadamshtra | Gokshura Tribulus terrestris L. |
| Vrisha | Vasa Justicia adhatoda L. |
| Surasa contested | Tulasi Ocimum tenuiflorum L. |
Surasa
Surasa is Tulsi, and Surasadi gana is named for it. Rasna carries the name too.
3 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.