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 CHAPTER XXXVIII.

Now we shall discourse on the Chapter which deals with the general classification of drugs according to their therapeutical properties (Dravya-Sangrahaniya-madhyayam).

These drugs are usually made into thirty-seven different groups (Gana) which are as follows : —

The Vidarigandhadi Group:— The drugs known as Vidarigandha, Vidari, Sahadeva, Vishvadeva, Shvadanstra, Prithakparni, Shatavari, Sariva, black Sariva, Jivaka, Rishavaka, Mahasaha, Kshudra-Saha, Vrihati, Kantakari, Punarnava, Eranda, Hansapadi, Vrishchikali, and Rishavi, form the group known as the Vidari-gandhadi.

Metrical Text:—The present group of drugs subdues the action of the deranged Vayu and Pittam and proves beneficial in phthisis (Shosha), Gulma, aching of the limbs, Urdha Shvasa and cough.

The Aragvadhadi Group:—The drugs known as Aragvadha, Madana, Gopaghonta, Kutaja, Patha, Kantaki, Patala, Murva, Indrayava, Saptaparna, Nimva, Kuruntaka, Dasi-kuruntaka, the two kinds of Karanja, Patola, Kiratttikua, Guduchi, Chitraka, Shangshta, and Sushavi form the group known as the Aragvadhadi.