The fruit of (the two species of) Vrihati plants has an astringent and bitter taste, and is light of digestion. It is vermicidal and proves curative in cases of itch and cutaneous diseases (Kushtha), and subdues the deranged Váyu and Kapham. The leaves and fruit of the Patola creeper have a bitter taste. They are beneficial to ulcers, pungent in digestion, heat-making, spermatopoietic, relishing and appetising. They subdue the deranged Pittam and Kapham without producing the Váyu The Vártákam subdues the Váyu and Kapham It has a bitter and pungent taste, is light, relishing and appetising. Matured Vártákam is alkaline (in its taste) and generates the Pittam. The Karkotakam and the Káravellakam are possessed of properties similar to those of the preceding species (Vártákam). The herbs and creepers such as the Atarushaka, Kirátatikta, Parpataka and Guduchi together with the tender shoots of the Vetra and the Nimva, have a bitter taste and subdue the Pittam and Kapham.
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