Ayurvedic classics consider "drug" a very important patient management tool in the hands of a physician or a therapist. This tool needs to be handled judiciously, if not done so it is likely to prove injurious or sometimes fatal to the life of the patient who is receiving it. The information related to drugs and formulations along with diagnosis and management of disease accompanied with techniques of health maintenance through observance of proper daily and seasonal routines can be found in

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... ge number of classical and other literary works. The authors of such works have categorized the drugs in different manners. Groups of classics known as Greater triad (Brihat trayee) and Lesser triad (Laghu trayee) are noteworthy among them. Greater triad comprises three books namely Caraka Samhita by Carakaacaarya, Susruta Samhita by Susrutaacaarya and Astaanga Hridaya by Waagbhataacaarya. In the present manuscript we are discussing regarding the lehakalpana in kaphj vyaadh