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nkụda mmụọ, ahụ ọkụ, na mmetụta ọkụ; na-agwọ ọrịa ọbara, ma na-akpata ndakpọ nke ifufe. A na-ewere ya karịa, ọ na-ebute mgbu mgbu isi.
(f) Kasha ya (astringent) na-agwọ ọnya, pro- duces costiveness na nro akpụkpọ. Ọ bụrụ na astrin- A na-ewerekarị ihe ndị na-esighị ike, ha na-esikwa ike ahụ, zaa afọ na-ebute mgbu obi.
2. Guna (omume ọma) bụ ihe dị n'ime ya ọgwụ na-akpata otu mmetụta mgbe ejiri ya ma n'ime ma ọ bụ n'èzí.
India bụ obodo buru ibu ma nwee nri, ma nwee, dị ka anyị kwuru na mbụ, uru nke ụtọ- na oge niile nke oge nke afọ. Nke a ọnọdụ na-eme ka ọ bụrụ akwụkwọ nkà ihe ọmụma nke Ụwa ahịhịa. Ndị Aryan oge ochie nwere were nsogbu inyocha na mụọ ihe niile herbs ndị bịara n'okpuru ha chọpụtara, na kewara ha n'ime otu ma ọ bụ Ganas. Charaka na-enye ọgu iri-na-abua iri-na-ise nke mkpuru ahihia iri, nke ọ bula o na-eche "zuru oke maka ebumnuche nke iwu- dọkịta nary," ọ bụ ezie na n'otu oge ahụ ọ gbakwụnyere, na " ọnụ ọgụgụ nke otu nwere ike ịba ụba n'ụzọ ọ bụla." N'otu aka ahụ, Sushruta ahazila 760 herbs na iri atọ na asaa tent dị ka ụfọdụ
