Charak Samhita

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भवन्ति चात्र- शीतं वीर्येण यद्द्रव्यं मधुरं रसपाकयोः| तयोरम्लं यदुष्णं च यद्द्रव्यं कटुकं तयोः ||४५||

sanskrit

[Veerya (potency)] The substance (drug or diet) which is madhura in rasa and vipaka (biotransformation) is sheeta (cold) in veerya (potency). Likewise, the substance, amla (or katu) in rasa and vipaka, is ushna (hot) in veerya.

english translation

bhavanti cAtra- zItaM vIryeNa yaddravyaM madhuraM rasapAkayoH| tayoramlaM yaduSNaM ca yaddravyaM kaTukaM tayoH ||45||

hk transliteration by Sanscript