Charak Samhita

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अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यन्ते कषाया ज्वरनाशनाः| पाक्यं शीतकषायं वा मुस्तपर्पटकं पिबेत् ||१९७||

[Decoctions indicated in jwara] Now, we will describe the kashayas (decoctions), which alleviate jwara. These are as follows: 1. Musta and parpataka can be taken either in the form of decoction (pakya) or shita kashaya (soaking the drugs for overnight period in water and then filtering the content and using the filtrate).

english translation

ata UrdhvaM pravakSyante kaSAyA jvaranAzanAH| pAkyaM zItakaSAyaM vA mustaparpaTakaM pibet ||197||

hk transliteration by Sanscript