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Drinking ghee cooked with the juice of kantakari is said to destroy vata cough.

Kaṭerī (verse kāsaghnī) leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

हिन्दी: कंटकारी, कटेरी · मराठी: भारंग, मोतरिंगणी, लघु डोरली

हिन्दी: कटेरी, शाल्मली वृक्ष, सेमर का वृक्ष, कंटाई, विकंकत वृक्ष · मराठी: रिंगणी, कारी, श्वेत रिंगणी, फणस

Bṛhatī (baḍī kaṭelī) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

हिन्दी: काकोली · मराठी: कांकोली

Whole barley plant, patala, bilva, kantakari, whole sesame plant, palasha and bhadraka (nut grass) are burnt to ash, which is stirred into water and filtered; cinnamon, vidanga, tarumushika…

Ash of barley, patala, bilva, kantakari, sesame, palasha and nut grass is steeped in water and filtered; the alkaline water, with cinnamon, vidanga, tarumushika fruit and cardamom, is drunk…

Ghee cooked with kantakari juice, oil cooked with the juices of kasamarda, vasa and bhringaraja, or haritaki taken with salt are each said to destroy cough born of vata.

Garlic, tagara, asafoetida, vacha, samudraphena, white durva, guduchi, bitter gourd, bimbi, neem, kalihari, trikatu, rock salt, all fragrant drugs, cardamom, white girikarni, bhutakeshi,…

One prastha of ghee is cooked by rule with one prastha each of curd and milk, four parts of a decoction of snuhi, arka, white arka, gojihva, aragvadha, kutaja, kantakari and karanja, and a…

After purification, a powder of kushtha, nili, kantakari, white punarnava, the three pungents, brihati, nirgundi and arka is drunk with the alkali water of shirisha, musta, rava, apamarga…

Licorice, turmeric, devadaru, kantakari, small cardamom, nut grass and amalaki, as powder or paste, are drunk with sour gruel, milk or rice water by the patient with urinary disease.

Powder or paste of licorice, turmeric, devadaru, kantakari, small cardamom, nut grass and amalaki is drunk with sour gruel, milk or rice water; amalaki juice (one kuduba, 16 tola) alone or…

Medicated ghee cooked with curd, milk, a decoction of eight drugs and a paste of five drugs, drunk to pacify rat poison quickly.

The five bṛhatīs—kaṇṭakārī (kaṭeharī), mañjiṣṭhā, adhomāninī, bṛhatī (baḍī kaṭelī) and white arka—are said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always…

Aparajita, budharakarnika, apamarga, shleshmataka, katphala, kantakari, meghaninadika (the commentary: palasha), brihati, ankola and nili are powdered, mixed in the juice of bitter gourd…

Those bitten by rats are given emesis and purgation according to the provoked dosha with aragvadha, madanaphala, ankola and koshataki; afterwards a powder of kushtha, nili, kantakari, white…