Uniting and healing · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Madhuka (Yashtimadhu) contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
| Madhuparni | Guduchi Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson |
| Prishniparni | Prishniparni Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC. |
| Ambashthaki | Patha Cissampelos pareira L. |
| Samanga | Manjishtha Rubia cordifolia L. |
| Mocharasa | Shalmali Bombax ceiba L. |
| Dhataki | Dhataki Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz |
| Lodhra | Lodhra Symplocos racemosa Roxb. |
| Priyangu | Priyangu Callicarpa macrophylla Vahl |
| Katphala | Katphala Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
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.