Promoting urine · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Vrikshadani | not yet written up in this library |
| Shvadamshtra (Gokshura) | Gokshura Tribulus terrestris L. |
| Vasuka | Arka Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton |
| Vashira | not yet written up in this library |
| Bhalluka | not yet written up in this library |
| Kushtha | Kushtha Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch. |
| Vrishcheera | Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa L. |
| Punarnava | Punarnava Boerhavia diffusa L. |
| Gokshura | Gokshura Tribulus terrestris L. |
| Shatavari | Shatavari Asparagus racemosus Willd. |
This group also lists Gokshura beside Shvadamshtra; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Punarnava beside Vrishcheera; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Vrishcheera beside Punarnava; both resolve to the same entry in this library. This group also lists Shvadamshtra beside Gokshura; both resolve to the same entry in this library. The texts may intend two varieties or two parts of one plant.
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.