Astanga Hrudaya
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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
कदम्बोदुम्बरं मुक्ताप्रवालाञ्जनगैरिकम्। बालं कपित्थं खर्जूरं बिसपद्मोत्पलादि च॥३२॥
Mukta (Pearls), Pravala (Coral), Anjana – Aqueous extract of Berberis aristata (antimony), Gairika – Purified Red Ochre, Bala kapittha, Kharjura – dates, Bisa – lotus stalk, Padma – Nelumbium speciosum, Utpala – Nymphaea stellata etc
english translation
मधुरं श्लेष्मलं प्रायो जीर्णाच्छालियवादृते। मुद्गाद्गोधूमतः क्षौद्रात्सिताया जाङ्गलामिषात्॥३३॥
General properties of tastes and exceptions:- Madhura Generally, substances of sweet taste increase Kapha except old Shali (more than one year old rice) and Yava – Barley – Hordeum vulgare, Mudga (green gram), Godhuma (wheat), Kshaudra (honey), Sita (sugar) and meat of animals of desert – like lands.
english translation
प्रायोऽम्लं पित्तजननं दाडिमामलकादृते। अपथ्यं लवणं प्रायश्चक्षुषोऽन्यत्र सैन्धवात्॥३४॥
Amla: Generally substances of sour taste aggravate Pitta, except Dadima – Pomegranate – Punica granatum and Amalaka (Indian gooseberry). Generally salts are bad for the eyes (vision) except Saindhava – Rock Salt.
english translation
तिक्तं कटु च भूयिष्ठमवृष्यं वातकोपनम्। ऋतेऽमृतापटोलीभ्यां शुण्ठीकृष्णारसोनतः॥३५॥
Tikta and Katu: Generally bitters and pungents are non-aphrodisiacs and aggravate (increase) Vata except for Amrita (Indian tinospora), Patoli, Shunthi (ginger), Krishna (long pepper) and Rasona – Garlic – Alium sativum.
english translation