Adjuvant to emesis · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Madhu | Honey |
| Madhuka contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
| Kovidara | not yet written up in this library |
| Karbudara | not yet written up in this library |
| Nipa | Kadamba Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser |
| Vidula | not yet written up in this library |
| Bimbi | not yet written up in this library |
| Shanapushpi | not yet written up in this library |
| Sadapushpa | not yet written up in this library |
| Pratyakpushpa | not yet written up in this library |
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.
7 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.