Charak Samhita

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पित्तकृत् सृष्टविण्मूत्रः पाकोऽम्लः शुक्रनाशनः| तेषां गुरुः स्यान्मधुरः कटुकाम्लावतोऽन्यथा ||६२||

sanskrit

Amla vipaka aggravates pitta, helps excretion of faeces and urine and damages semen. Amongst them, madhura vipaka is guru (heavy) and the other two (katu and amla) vipakas are laghu.

english translation

pittakRt sRSTaviNmUtraH pAko'mlaH zukranAzanaH| teSAM guruH syAnmadhuraH kaTukAmlAvato'nyathA ||62||

hk transliteration