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Principle
Cold potency (shita virya)
शीत वीर्य (ठंडा) · शीतवीर्य
Condition
Complications of purification therapies
भैषज्य कर्म के उपद्रव · भेषजकर्मोपद्रव
The complication in which a purifying medicine goes neither up nor down or acts too little; the text gives its causes, signs and stepwise management.
Food
Ghee (ghrita)
घी (घृत) · घृत
Ghee is described as strength-increasing (verse: of great potency), cold, aiding digestion (commentary for विपाकि), tasty, removing vata, pitta and kapha, a rasāyana, increasing lustre,…
Principle
Substances (dravya)
द्रव्य
The introduction says Ayurveda has used medicines on a very large scale, surely and without strain, drawing them from animal parts, plants, minerals and substances such as milk; in using…
Principle
Virya (potency)
वीर्य (शक्ति) · द्रव्यवीर्य
The text names the qualities that count as potency (virya) as unctuous, sharp, slimy, dry, hot, cold, clear and soft.
Food
Water (jala)
जल (पानी) · जल
The seasonal rules name the drinking water for each season: in spring well or village water, or water heated, clean and cooled; in summer well water; in the rains hot water; in autumn water…
Topic
Properties of ghee
घी के गुण · घृतगुण
Ghee is described as of great potency, cold, aiding digestion (the commentary's rendering of विपाकि), tasty, destroying all three doshas and a rasāyana; it increases lustre, strength and…