Pathya shadangam kashaya is nothing but Pathyaksha dhatryadi kashaya. It is called Pathya shadangam kashaya because the total ingredients of the kashaya comes upto 8 including Guda/Jaggery but the first three ingredients are combined in to one ingerdients as Triphala and then it becomes Shadanga (six component) Kashaya (decoction).
Ingredients of Pathya shadangam kashaya :
- Hareetaki (Terminalia chebula)
- Vibhitaki (Terminalia belerica)
- Amalaki (Emblica officinalis)
- Bhunimba (Swertia chirata)
- Nisha/Haridra (Curcuma longa)
- Nimba (Azadirachta indica)
- Amruta (Tinospora cordifolia)
Indication of Pathya shadangam kashaya :
- Sheersha Shoola
- Bhru Shoola
- Shankha Shoola
- Karna Shoola
- Ardha shiro ruja
- Suryavartha
- Shankhakam
- Dantapaatam
- Danta ruja
- Naktaandya
- Patala roga
- Shukla roga
- Chakshu pida
Anupana :
- Guda/Jaggery
Reference:
- Sharangadhara Samhita Madhyama khanda 2/143