==== Quality control in selection of medicines (verse 1.1. 38-40) ====
==== Quality control in selection of medicines (verse 1.1. 38-40) ====
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#''Bhoomi pariksha'' (criteria to select good land for collection of medicines) as described in [[Charaka Samhita]] [[Kalpa Sthana]] 1.9, should be followed.
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#''Bhoomi pariksha'' (criteria to select good land for collection of medicines) as described in [[Madana Kalpa]] verse 9, should be followed.
#Especially ''haritaki'' (Terminalia chebula) and ''amalaki'' ( Emblica officinalis) used as ''rasayana'' in this chapter are preferably collected from the range of mountain Himalaya.
#Especially ''haritaki'' (Terminalia chebula) and ''amalaki'' ( Emblica officinalis) used as ''rasayana'' in this chapter are preferably collected from the range of mountain Himalaya.
#The medicines developed at proper season as per their natural life cycle are collected,
#The medicines developed at proper season as per their natural life cycle are collected,