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The fourth chapter, titled ''Shadavirechana Shatashritiyam'', provides comprehensive information about herbs and their classification by their specific activity and utility, medicinal preparations for evacuation (or evacuatives), and specific therapeutic regimen such as ''samshodhana'' (cleansing regimen) and ''samashamana'' (pacification regimen). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda] emphasizes upon removing body impurities, like metabolic waste products, toxins, and undigested foods from various tissues and organs before treating any disease or applying measures for preservation, protection, and rejuvenation of health. There are six hundred preparations used for cleansing the body by ''vamana'' (therapeutic emesis) and ''virechana'' (therapeutic purgation), five hundred herbs, and (fifty) ''mahakashayas'' (classes with similar activity profile) of herbs used in their preparations. An Ayurvedic physician should have complete knowledge of special/selective actions of various preparations meant for removal of impurities from the body. The fifty ''mahakashayas'' comprise of ten herbs in each of five classes of drugs. It also includes six ''virechana ashraya'' (types of plant-based evacuatives), five ''kashaya yoni'' (original sources as per tastes), and five ''kashaya'' ''kalpana'' (forms of medicine preparations).

The fourth chapter, titled ''Shadavirechana Shatashritiyam'', provides comprehensive information about herbs and their classification by their specific activity and utility, medicinal preparations for evacuation (or evacuatives), and specific therapeutic regimen such as ''samshodhana'' (cleansing regimen) and ''samashamana'' (pacification regimen). Ayurveda emphasizes upon removing body impurities, like metabolic waste products, toxins, and undigested foods from various tissues and organs before treating any disease or applying measures for preservation, protection, and rejuvenation of health. There are six hundred preparations used for cleansing the body by ''vamana'' (therapeutic emesis) and ''virechana'' (therapeutic purgation), five hundred herbs, and (fifty) ''mahakashayas'' (classes with similar activity profile) of herbs used in their preparations. An Ayurvedic physician should have complete knowledge of special/selective actions of various preparations meant for removal of impurities from the body. The fifty ''mahakashayas'' comprise of ten herbs in each of five classes of drugs. It also includes six ''virechana ashraya'' (types of plant-based evacuatives), five ''kashaya yoni'' (original sources as per tastes), and five ''kashaya'' ''kalpana'' (forms of medicine preparations).

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'''Keywords''': a catalogue of herbs, selective activity profile, pharmaceutical forms of drugs, medicinal juice, paste, decoction, cold infusion, hot infusion.

'''Keywords''': a catalogue of herbs, selective activity profile, pharmaceutical forms of drugs, medicinal juice, paste, decoction, cold infusion, hot infusion.

Now (I) shall expound the chapter on resources of six hundred evacuatives.  

Now (I) shall expound the chapter on resources of six hundred evacuatives.  

Thus, said (or propounded) Lord Atreya. [1-2]

Thus, said Lord Atreya. [1-2]

इह खलु षड् विरेचनशतानि भवन्ति, षड् विरेचनाश्रयाः, पञ्च कषाययोनयः, पञ्चविधं कषायकल्पनं, पञ्चाशन्महाकषायाः, पञ्च कषायशतानि, इति सङ्ग्रहः||३||

इह खलु षड् विरेचनशतानि भवन्ति, षड् विरेचनाश्रयाः, पञ्च कषाययोनयः, पञ्चविधं कषायकल्पनं, पञ्चाशन्महाकषायाः, पञ्च कषायशतानि, इति सङ्ग्रहः||३||