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The introduction says that doṣas accumulated in excess take the form of mala, and that substances useless for the body's work, which soil the body and cause distress, are also called mala;…

The introduction lists the qualities of kapha as stable (sthira), unctuous (snigdha), smooth (ślakṣṇa), clay-like (mṛtsna), cold (śīta), heavy (guru) and slow (manda), and says kapha, like…

The sticky juice of palasha seeds is said to kill mercury quickly.

Phalsa (the commentary's gloss for the verse word pārāvata) is listed among very sour fruits said to pacify vata, provoke blood, produce pitta and kapha, be heavy and unctuous, cause…

For semen that is full of knots, thick, slimy and pale, ghee prepared with the ash of palasha, khadira and arjuna is drunk.

Māriṣa (मरसा) shoots close the list of sprout vegetables described as cold, kapha-producing, strongly aphrodisiac, heavy, pitta-calming, removing heat of the blood, clearing the bowels and…

Massage with oil is said to destroy kapha and vata, and massage with ghee pitta and blood disorders (the commentary: raktapitta). Entering through the hair pores, it is said to nourish (the…

Palasha gum ground with milk and mixed with sugar, used as eye drops (ashchyotana); said to remove quickly all pitta-born eye diseases and amladhyushita.

A large, little-painful swelling under the tongue from kapha and pitta; when the doshas ripen the tongue cannot move. Treated by scraping and rubbing with drugs.

A throat swelling from kapha and vata with great pain and severe breathlessness that cuts the vital points; given up as incurable.

हिन्दी: ढाक वृक्ष, नागकेशर वृक्ष, धतूरे का वृक्ष, लाल कचनार वृक्ष, कलंबक, पीला चन्दन, चंपा वृक्ष, कसौंदी वृक्ष, कणगूगल, पलासमेद · मराठी: राळ, सोनकमळ, नागकेशर, श्वेत धोत्रा, पीत कोरंटा, काळा…

हिन्दी: पलाश वृक्ष, नन्दी वृक्ष, ढाक वृक्ष, तुन वृक्ष · मराठी: पळस

हिन्दी: पालसा, परुषा · मराठी: फालसा, भुयधामण

हिन्दी: ढाक, पलास वृक्ष · मराठी: फळस, कापुरकाचरी, तमालपत्र, पानें, भुयकोहळा, हिरवा

हिन्दी: पालसा, दरुषा · मराठी: पारवा, फालसा, लोखंड, साराग्ल, निळा सुरमा, अश्वक्षुरा, एवनी वृक्ष

हिन्दी: फलाश वृक्ष, करंज वृक्ष · मराठी: फलाश वृक्ष, करंज वृक्ष

हिन्दी: शाल्मलीकन्द · मराठी: शाल्मलीकन्द, बाग

हिन्दी: ढाक का पेड़, चौलाई का पाक · मराठी: तांदुळजा, पळस

हिन्दी: गौरी आसाऊ, सरिबन, कालीसर, सालसा, करिया वासाऊं · मराठी: श्वेत उपलसरी, साळी भात

The introduction says every medical system rests on an account of how the body works in health and how it is disordered in disease, and that in Ayurveda the body is made of the three…

The publisher's note opens with the saying 'the body is indeed the first means of dharma' and says that a healthy body is necessary for religious practice, and that only through a healthy…

The introduction says that the treatment portion of the Kalyāṇakāraka resembles Caraka to a large extent, apart from the parts dealing with honey, wine and meat.