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The Compendium of Caraka 1.4.9

Carakasaṃhitā 1.4.9

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Sanskrit

1.4.9

tadyathā --- jīvakarṣabhakau medā mahāmedā kākolī kṣīrakākolī &mudgaparṇīmāṣaparṇyau jīvantī madhukamiti daśemāni jīvanīyāni bhavanti(1), kṣīriṇī rājakṣavakāśvagandhākākolīkṣīrakākolīvāṭhyāyanībhadraudanībhāradvājīpayasyarṣyagandhā iti daśemāni bṛṃhaṇīyāni bhavanti(2), mustakuṣṭhaharidrādāruharidrāvacātiviṣākaṭurohiṇīcitrakacirabilvahaimavatya iti daśemāni lekhanīyāni bhavanti(3), &suvahārkorubukāgnimukhīcitrācitrakacirabilvaśaṅkhinīśakulādanīsvarṇakṣīriṇya iti daśemāni bhedanīyāni bhavanti(4), madhukamadhuparṇīpṛśniparṇyambaṣṭhakīsamaṅgāmocarasadhātakīlodhrapriyaṅgukaṭphalānīti daśemāni sandhānīyāni bhavanti(5), pippalīpippalīmūlacavyacitrakaśṛṅgaverāmlavetasamaricājamodābhallātakāsthihiṅguniryāsā iti daśemāni dīpanīyāni bhavanti(6), iti ṣaṭkaḥ kaṣāyavargaḥ//

Namely: jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, medā, mahāmedā, kākolī, kṣīrakākolī, mudgaparṇī, māṣaparṇī, jīvantī, and madhuka—these ten are life-promoting (1); kṣīriṇī, rājakṣavaka, aśvagandhā, kākolī, kṣīrakākolī, vāṭhyāyanī, bhadraudanī, bhāradvājī, payasyā, and ṛṣyagandhā—these ten are bulk-promoting (2); mustā, kuṣṭha, haridrā, dāruharidrā, vacā, ativiṣā, kaṭurohiṇī, citraka, cirabilva, and haimavatī—these ten are scraping (3); suvahā, arka, urubūka, agnimukhī, citrā, citraka, cirabilva, śaṅkhinī, śakulādanī, and svarṇakṣīriṇī—these ten are purgative (4); madhuka, madhuparṇī, pṛśniparṇī, ambaṣṭhakī, samaṅgā, mocārasa, dhātakī, lodhra, priyaṅgu, and kaṭphala—these ten are uniting (5); pippalī, pippalīmūla, cavya, citraka, śṛṅgavera, amlavetasa, marica, ajamodā, bhallātakāsthi, and the exudate of hiṅgu—these ten are appetizing (6). Thus ends the group of six decoctions.

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