Introduction to the alkali (kshara) and other kalpas

The author announces that he will now briefly set out the special procedures, that is the kalpas, of kshara, triphala, the chitraka group, white ashvagandha, guduchi, punarnava and other excellent drugs, which are said to be able to destroy dreadful diseases, to be unequalled, and to have results that have been seen directly.