Even then, when utilized along with drugs which pacify vata, pitta and kapha and also depending upon the combinations used in various pharmaceutical preparations, this drug attains the capacity of curing all types of diseases.
[Utility of Pink Variety] The root of the Trivruta having blackish red color can be used as a purgative drug, for persons having delicate health, for children, for aged and for persons having laxed bowel (Mridu koshtha) [Utility of Black variety] The root of the Trivrita having black colour, when used for purgative action, due to its instantaneous action, leads to unconsciousness, loss (of tissue elements or in another sense, electrolytes) and fainting.
Due to its rapid action, it causes spasmodic pain (torment) in the cardiac region and throat. It eliminates the morbid (accumulated) material instantaneously. Hence, this variety is highly useful in persons having excessively aggravated dosha and highly constipated bowel (Krura koshtha)
[Method of collection] Both the varieties of the Trivrita root, growing in good soil, should be uprooted from the ground by a person who has observed fast, in Shukla Paksha, who is wearing white colored formal clothing and who has got concentration of mind.