Properties of palm crowns and similar vegetables; dry seeds

The crown (mastaka) of palmyra, ketakī, coconut and similar trees, sthūṇīka, sesame paste (tila-kalka) and piṇyāka vegetables (glossed mālkāṅgnī and the like) are said to remove kapha; the dry seeds of these trees also remove kapha, are dry, strongly produce vata (commentary) and always dry up the body's fluid discharges.