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The Compendium of Caraka 1.4.18

Carakasaṃhitā 1.4.18

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1.4.18

madhumadhukarudhiramocarasamṛtkapālalodhragairikarpiyaṅguśarkarālājā iti daśemāni śoṇitasthāpanāni bhavanti(46), śālakaṭphalakadambapadmakatumbamocarasaśirīṣavañjulailavālukāśokā iti daśemāni vedanāsthāpanāni bhavanti(47), hiṅgukaiṭaryārimedāvacācorakavayasthāgolomījaṭilāpalaṅkaṣāśokarohiṇya iti daśemāni saṃjñāsthāpanāni bhavanti(48), aindrībrāhmīśatavīryasahasravīryā 'amoghā 'avyathāśivā 'ariṣṭāvāṭyapuṣpīviṣvaksenakāntā iti daśemāni prajāsthāpanāni bhavanti(49), amṛtā 'abhayādhātrīmuktāśvetājīvantyatirasāmaṇḍūkaparṇīsthirāpunarnavā iti daśemāni vayaḥsthāpanāni bhavanti(50), iti pañcakaḥ kaṣāyavargaḥ//

Honey, madhuka, blood, mocarasa, baked earth potsherd, lodhra, red ochre, priyaṅgu, sugar, and parched grain—these ten are hemostatics (46); śāla, kaṭphala, kadamba, padmaka, tumba, mocarasa, śirīṣa, vañjula, elavāluka, and aśoka—these ten are anodynes (47); hiṅgu, kaiṭarya, arimeda, vacā, coraka, vayasthā, golomī, jaṭilā, palaṅkaṣā, and aśokarohiṇī—these ten are restoratives of consciousness (48); aindrī, brāhmī, śatavīryā, sahasravīryā, amoghā, avyathā, śivā, ariṣṭā, vāṭyapuṣpī, and viṣvaksenakāntā—these ten secure conception (49); amṛtā, abhayā, dhātrī, muktā, śvetā, jīvantī, atirasā, maṇḍūkaparṇī, sthirā, and punarnavā—these ten sustain youth (50). Thus ends the pentad of decoction groups.

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