Charak Samhita

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एते हि कफसंरुद्धगतिप्राणप्रकोपजाः [४] | तस्मात्तन्मार्गशुद्ध्यर्थं देया लेहा न निष्कफे ||१२०||

sanskrit

Above said kshara lehya (Alkaline linctus) clear the kapha in the obstructed respiratory tract and subsides the aggravated pranavayu. Hence the alkaline linctus should be given to purify the channels obstructed by kapha if there is no obstruction by kapha it should not be administered.

english translation

ete hi kaphasaMruddhagatiprANaprakopajAH [4] | tasmAttanmArgazuddhyarthaM deyA lehA na niSkaphe ||120||

hk transliteration by Sanscript