Charak Samhita

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कटुकः कटुकः पाके वीर्योष्णश्चित्रको मतः| तद्वद्दन्ती प्रभावात्तु विरेचयति मानवम् ||६८||

sanskrit

(For instance) just as chitraka is katu in rasa and vipaka and ushna in veerya, similar is danti but the latter is purgative (while the former is not).

english translation

kaTukaH kaTukaH pAke vIryoSNazcitrako mataH| tadvaddantI prabhAvAttu virecayati mAnavam ||68||

hk transliteration