This description about fifty groups of medicines is neither too exhaustive nor too concise, which should be enough for the practice to the dull and for (further) advancement of knowledge to the scholars.
तेषां कर्मसु बाह्येषु योगमाभ्यन्तरेषु च| संयोगं च प्रयोगं च यो वेद स भिषग्वरः ||२९||
He is the best among physicians who knows the application for external as well as internal actions, as well as combination and rational administration of these drugs.