Witnessed by: Ayurveda

Goat bile (Capra hircus), of the Bovidae (Mammalia) family. The domestic goat — a small horned ruminant of the Bovidae, kept for milk, flesh and hide; native range: the domestic goat, kept throughout India and across Asia. Globally recognized as chāga pitta, ajā pitta in Sanskrit, and goat bile, goat gall in English. The part used is the fresh bile, taken from the gall bladder. A thick dark yellow-green fluid, slippery between the fingers, overwhelmingly bitter, with a rank animal smell.

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