Relieving breathlessness · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Shati | Shati Hedychium spicatum Sm. |
| Pushkaramula | Pushkaramoola Inula racemosa Hook.f. |
| Amlavetasa | Amlavetasa Garcinia pedunculata Roxb. |
| Ela | Ela Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton |
| Hingu | Hingu Ferula assa-foetida L. |
| Agaru | not yet written up in this library |
| Surasa contested | Tulasi Ocimum tenuiflorum L. |
| Tamalaki | Bhumyamalaki Phyllanthus niruri L. |
| Jivanti | Jivanti Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. |
| Chanda | not yet written up in this library |
Surasa
Surasa is Tulsi, and Surasadi gana is named for it. Rasna carries the name too.
2 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.