Praise of triphala

Triphala is praised as nectar on earth that removes all diseases, keeps youth, firms the body, gives wonderful intellect, cleanses the wastes, kindles the fire and restores strength to those who have declined. With iron calx, pyrite, long pepper, vidanga and bhringaraja it is taken with milk for kushtha; taken constantly with cow ghee, sugar or atibala, or decocted with shilajatu, it is said to give steadiness, intellect, strength, clear senses, virility and long life.