Binding the urine · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Jambu | Jambu Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels |
| Amra | Amra Mangifera indica L. |
| Plaksha | Plaksha Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. |
| Vata | Vata Ficus benghalensis L. |
| Kapitana | Shirisha Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. |
| Ambashthaki | Patha Cissampelos pareira L. |
| Shalmali | Shalmali Bombax ceiba L. |
| Samanga | Manjishtha Rubia cordifolia L. |
| Dhataki | Dhataki Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz |
| 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.