Medicinal plants

Triphala juice and drinking cool water are said to be aphrodisiac and life-promoting, and the commentary adds that they widen the sight.

The juice of kanta, which the commentary names musta, is one of five plant juices said always to make mercury pass into the kinds of metal.

The author calls the haritaki kalpa the one that gives people freedom from fear (abhaya), and tells it first.

Lotus root (mṛṇāla, 'कमल की मूली') is listed first among the root vegetables.

Long pepper (pippalī) is said to become richer in special qualities when old, unlike most medicines, which are more potent when fresh.

Neem is listed among greens said to remove pitta and kapha, subdue worms and remove skin diseases.

The footnote says chitraka root becomes purified when kept in lime water.

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.

Black pepper (verse ūṣaṇa) is listed among vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.

Guḍūcī shoots (गुर्च in the commentary; the verse word is unclear) are listed among sprout vegetables described as cold, kapha-producing, strongly aphrodisiac, heavy, pitta-calming,…

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

Sandalwood fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Marking nut (bhilāvā; verse āruṣkara) fruit is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Vidaṅga is said to become richer in special qualities when old, unlike most medicines, which are more potent when fresh.

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

White arka (verse amalina arka) is named among the five bṛhatīs, said to suit kapha disorders, remove kuṣṭha, destroy worms, counter poison and always suit fever.

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

Fruits of the milky trees (kṣīrī vṛkṣa)—listed in the commentary as banyan, cluster fig, pīpal's pākhar, phāras and pīpal—are among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to…

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

All kinds of snuhī (thūhar) are counted among the latex (milk) poisons.

Cardamom is listed among vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.

The roots of the blue water lily (nīlotpala) and related kinds of lotus are listed among tubers described as heavy to digest, cold, kapha-increasing, sweet, suitable in raktapitta, helping…

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

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

Bibhitaki is said to have qualities like those of abhaya (haritaki), as the Jina taught.

Fruits of the pāṭalī tree (pāḍal) are listed among fruit vegetables described as dry, sweet and cold, removing pitta and kapha, heavy to digest, quickly increasing vata and countering…

Bael fruit heads a list of fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

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

White punarnavā is listed among greens said to remove pitta and kapha, subdue worms and remove skin diseases.

Patha is one of the five plants in whose juice mercury is said to be fixed.

Kalihari, named in the commentary, is among the plants with whose juices mica and mercury are used; the commentary says this is beneficial in many diseases.

Fruits of piṇḍītaka, glossed 'madana tree, a kind of tulasī', are listed among fruit vegetables described as dry, sweet and cold, removing pitta and kapha, heavy to digest, quickly…

Leaves of the sarja (rāl) tree are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

Paṭola (परवल) is listed among greens said to remove pitta and kapha, subdue worms and remove skin diseases.

Tilvaka, rendered lodh in the commentary, is counted among the latex (milk) poisons.

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

A footnote identifies kaṇikā, named in the list of tasty, nourishing, poison-countering tubers wholesome in vata disorders, as the agnimantha tree.

Fresh ginger (अदरख) is listed among vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.