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Emblic (āṃvalā) is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause salivation, cleanse impurities and be sharp.

Amaranth greens (chaulāī; verse taṇḍulīyaka) are named with cillī and bathua as greens wholesome in pitta.

Golden shower (amaltās) flowers are listed among flowers said to increase vata and kapha, calm pitta and blood, and expel worms from the belly.

The commentary explains āmāśaya as the place where eaten raw food descends, also called medā, and pakvāśaya as the place where food is cooked (digested).

A milk pudding (payasa) of ripe amalaki fruit and shatavari root with cow's ghee, taken always, is said to make both eyes keen like those of Garuda.

A clear amalaki decoction with ghee, sugarcane juice, milk and drugs of the cooling group is said to remove strong pitta vomiting.

Equal parts of amalaki, gokshura, dates, priyala, liquorice, blue lotus, bharangi and long pepper are powdered and taken with ghee and sugar on a milk diet; this is said to destroy cough…

A patient with urinary disease drinks amalaki juice, one kuduba (16 tola), alone or mixed with sugarcane juice.

Shvasa is described as prana vayu moving the wrong way and rising upward, alone or with kapha. It has five kinds: kshudra and tamaka are curable, the other three are to be abandoned.

Kamala is said to follow when, soon after fever, burning or pandu subside, the person takes much sour and other unwholesome food, aggravating pitta; it whitens (or yellows) the body with…

Tamarind leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

Turmeric ground and mixed with amla juice or decoction is matured in a sealed, fumigated pot kept in a grain pit and then taken according to strength to remove prameha.

Well-ground turmeric is mixed with amla juice or decoction, put into a pot prepared with fumigation and the like, sealed and kept in a pit filled with grain (for a month, says the…

A cold infusion or decoction of amla, nut grass, hribera and coriander with plenty of sugarcane juice, drunk in the morning with triphala and ghee, is said by the experts to pacify all…

For vata aggravated in the stomach the text prescribes emesis preceded by oleation and sudation: the patient is rubbed with lukewarm oil mixed with rock salt, sweated on a warm bed of…

Verse 51 refers vicharchika, its variety vipadika, pama and kacchu back to the kushtha section.

Amalaki fruit is cooked with goat's milk, dried, powdered and eaten mixed with plenty of sugar. Alternatively the roots of uccaṭā (the commentary: चिंचोकतृण, उटंगण) and gokshura are taken,…

Barnyard millet (śyāmāka) is listed among the foods whose use aggravates vāta.

The editor reports that the author distinguishes ultimate (pāramārthika) health from practical health, and defines ultimate health as the imperishable, supra-sensory and unequalled bliss of…

A footnote to the triphala rasāyana says the verse does not state the numbers of amalaki and bibhitaki properly, but other medical works say that where triphala is mentioned generally it is…

Amalaki powder is soaked with amalaki juice and dried (this is called bhāvanā), then well impregnated with milk. The impregnated powder, mixed with an equal amount of khand sugar, is eaten…