Purifying breast milk · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Patha | Patha Cissampelos pareira L. |
| Mahaushadha contested | Shunthi Zingiber officinale Roscoe |
| Suradaru | Devadaru Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) G.Don |
| Musta | Musta Cyperus rotundus L. |
| Murva | Murva Marsdenia tenacissima (Roxb.) Moon |
| Guduchi | Guduchi Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson |
| Vatsaka | Kutaja Holarrhena pubescens Wall. ex G.Don |
| Kirataka | not yet written up in this library |
| Katurohini | Katuki Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong |
| Sariva | Sariva Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. ex Schult. |
Mahaushadha
Mahaushadha is Shunthi in gana context; it also names Lashuna.
1 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.