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teShAM yathApUrvaM balAdhikyam; ataH kaShAyakalpanA vyAdhyAturabalApekShiNI;
teShAM yathApUrvaM balAdhikyam; ataH kaShAyakalpanA vyAdhyAturabalApekShiNI;
na tvevaM khalu sarvANi sarvatropayogIni bhavanti||7||
na tvevaM khalu sarvANi sarvatropayogIni bhavanti||7||
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The five forms of medicinal preparations are: juices, pastes, decoctions (i.e., herbs boiled with water), cold infusions (herbs soaked overnight in hot water), and hot infusions (herbs mixed with hot water). A drug, in the juice form, extracted out of a preparation by applying mechanical pressure, is called ''swarasa''. ''Kalka'' is a drug ground with some liquid into a lump or paste form. Physicians say that ''shruta (kwatha)'' is a decoction prepared by boiling a drug on fire. When a drug is kept in hot water for the whole night, the cold infusion thus obtained is known as ''sheeta''. Finally, ''phanta'' (hot infusion) is a preparation in which a drug is put in hot water for a while, gently mixed and administered.
The five forms of medicinal preparations are: juices, pastes, decoctions (i.e., herbs boiled with water), cold infusions (herbs soaked overnight in hot water), and hot infusions (herbs mixed with hot water). A drug, in the juice form, extracted out of a preparation by applying mechanical pressure, is called ''swarasa''. ''Kalka'' is a drug ground with some liquid into a lump or paste form. Physicians say that ''shruta (kwatha)'' is a decoction prepared by boiling a drug on fire. When a drug is kept in hot water for the whole night, the cold infusion thus obtained is known as ''sheeta''. Finally, ''phanta'' (hot infusion) is a preparation in which a drug is put in hot water for a while, gently mixed and administered.
The potency of these drugs is (increasing) in preceding order (hot infusion to juice), but the administration of medicine forms depend on severity of disease and strength of the patient and, therefore, are not all useful everywhere (indiscriminately). [7]
The potency of these drugs is (increasing) in preceding order (hot infusion to juice), but the administration of medicine forms depend on severity of disease and strength of the patient and, therefore, are not all useful everywhere (indiscriminately). [7]
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==== Fifty classes of medicines per their activity profile ====