The Compendium of Caraka 6.1.1_1_3

6.1.1_1_3

That [powder] is soaked with the fresh juice of a thousand āmalakas, mixed with an eighth-part of powder of sthirā, punarnavā, jīvantī, nāgabalā, brahmasuvarcalā, maṇḍūkaparṇī, śatāvarī, śaṅkhapuṣpī, pippalī, vacā, viḍaṅga, svayaṅguptā, amṛtā, candana, aguru, madhuka, madhūka flowers, utpala, padma, mālatī, yuvatī, and yūthikā, soaked again with the fresh juice of a thousand palas of nāgabalā, dried in the shade, formed into small ball shapes with twice the amount of ghee, or with honey and ghee, and placed in a clean, strong jar steeped in ghee beneath a heap of ashes underground for a fortnight, after protection rites have been performed by a knower of the Atharvaveda; and at the end of the fortnight, having taken it out, mixed it with an eighth-part of powder of gold, silver, copper, coral, and iron, and using it morning after morning according to the stated procedure, increasing by half a karṣa, having considered the strength of the digestive fire; and when it is digested, consuming ṣaṣṭika rice with milk and ghee, he attains the stated virtues.