Ingudi(a) is bitter and sweet, oily, and hot, and subdues both phlegm and wind.
Tinduka(b) is obstructive of both phlegm and bile, astringent and sweet, and light.
It should be known that there is every taste in Āmlaka(c) except the saline. It cures perspiration, fatty growth, phlegm, nausea, and bile.
Vibhitaki(d) is dry, agreeable in taste, astringent-sour, and highly destructive of phlegm and bile. It also destroys the diseases born of the juicy elements in the body, of blood, of flesh, and of fat.
Dādima(e) is sour-astringent-sweet, destructive of wind, operates as an inspissant and dries up the fluids of the body, promotes the appetite, is oily, heating, promotes cheerfulness and brings about relish for food, and prevents phlegm and bile.
That Dādima which is sour and dry, excites bile and wind. Those that are sweet, are destructive of bile. The last variety is regarded as the best.
Vrikshāmla(f) operates as an inspissant, is dry and heating, and is applauded in (diseases due to) wind and phlegm.
The fruits of Amlikā(g), when ripe, are slightly different from the above in attributes.
Amlavetasa(h) is endued with similar properties, and operates, besides, as a Bhedana (by purging the contents of the intestiness without producing liquid stools).
a. Ximenia Ægyptiaca, Roxb.
b. Diospyros Embryopteris. Pers. ; syn. Diospyros glutinosa, Kœnig.
c. Phyllanthus Emblica, Linn.
d. Terminalia Bellerica, Roxb.
e. Punica Granatum, Linn.
f. The word is used to imply various things.
g. Tamarindus Indica, Linn.
h. Rumex Vesicarius, Linn. The country sorrel.
The superscript verse numbers (146–152), which point to the Sanskrit numbering, are not reproduced. In the Amlavetasa line the page image shows no opening parenthesis before "by purging" (only a mark) but a closing one after "stools"; the opening parenthesis is supplied.