Improving complexion · Charaka's fifty mahakashaya
| System | Charaka's fifty mahakashaya |
| Source | Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 4 (Shadvirechanashatashritiya) |
| Dravya | 10 |
| Name | Identity |
|---|---|
| Chandana | Chandana Santalum album L. |
| Tunga | not yet written up in this library |
| Padmaka | Padmaka Prunus cerasoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
| Ushira | Ushira Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty |
| Madhuka contested | Yashtimadhu Glycyrrhiza glabra L. |
| Manjishtha | Manjishtha Rubia cordifolia L. |
| Sariva | Sariva Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. ex Schult. |
| Payasya contested | Kshirakakoli Fritillaria roylei Hook. |
| Sita | not yet written up in this library |
| Lata | 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.
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.