Astanga Hrudaya
कुठेराद्या हरितकाः पित्तं मूत्रमरुष्करम्।वर्गः कषायः पथ्याऽक्षं शिरीषः खदिरो मधु॥३१॥
Katu Gana – group of pungents:- Hingu- Asa foetida Maricha – Black pepper, Krimijit – Vidanga, Panchakola – Chitraka, Pippalmoola, Pippali, Chitraka and ginger, leafy vegetables such as Kutheraka and others (mentioned in verse 103 of chapter 6 earlier), Pitta (bile of animals), Mutra (urines), Arushkara etc. form the pungent group. Kashaya Varga (Gana) – group of astringents: Group of astringents consists of Pathya – Chebuic Myrobalan (fruit rind) – Terminalia chebula, Aksha – Terminalia bellirica, Shireesa, Khadira – Black catechu (heart wood extract) – Acacia catechu, Madhu (honey), Kadamba, Udumbara,
english translation
kuTherAdyA haritakAH pittaM mUtramaruSkaram।vargaH kaSAyaH pathyA'kSaM zirISaH khadiro madhu॥31॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript