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Lavaṇī, whose gloss appears to be 'सीताफल का वृक्ष', is listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

हिन्दी: सीताफल, आतृप्यफल, जातीय फलवृक्ष · मराठी: सीताफळ, जातीयफलवृक्ष

The silk-cotton tree, lentil, the kachnār tree, the pomegranate tree and the kaṭāī plant are called the five lavaṇī plants, which always grow on the seashore.

Five 'lavaṇī' plants growing on the seashore, glossed as silk-cotton, lentil, kachnār, pomegranate and kaṭāī, are said to remove vata, produce kapha, pitta and blood, cause wasting (śoṣa),…

Excessive use of salty things is listed among the causes of pitta aggravation.

Ajwain (the commentary's gloss for the verse word karabī) is listed among fruits said to bind the stool strongly, to be cold and to be wholesome in pitta and kapha disorders.

Lavalī (हरपा रेवडी) is one of the fragrant items used to perfume purified drinking water, which is then said to relieve heat and thirst.

For kaksha the verse prescribes pastes of indrapushpa, madhuka, sesame and peas; the commentary calls a paste of clove, licorice, sesame and manjishtha useful.

The salt group drunk with sour gruel is said to calm severe mutrakricchra.

Sea salt cooked with the group of alkalis and drunk, said to destroy plihodara.

For vata-type yoni diseases, the salt group and sweet drugs impregnated with ghee, milk and curd are powdered and filled into the yoni.

हिन्दी: वनयवानी, पारसीकयवानी, यवानी, अजमोद, खुरासानी, अजमायन · मराठी: अजमोद, ओवा, मुरदारसिंग, अजमायन

हिन्दी: दालचीनी, तेजपात, ताड़ का फल, केले की फली, नारियल · मराठी: दालचीनी, नारळ, द्वीपान्तर खजुरी, साल, लवंग, केळ

हिन्दी: कमल, शंख, समुद्रफल, लवंग, शिवार, जलवैंत, मकरतैंदुआ · मराठी: लोणारखार, कमळ, शंख, शेवाळ, मोती, परेळ, जलमुस्ता, जलमोहो वृक्ष, काकटेंभुरणी, कुचला, देवभात, जलवेत

हिन्दी: हरड, बहेडा, आमला · मराठी: हरडे, बेहेडे, आंबळकटी, सुगंधत्रिफळा, जायफळ, सुपारी, लवंग, मधुरत्रिफला, द्राक्षा, दाडीम, खजूर

हिन्दी: कचिया नोन, सैंधा नोन, समुद्र नोन, बिरिया संचर नोन, काला नोन · मराठी: लवण, टंकण, सैंधव, औद्भिद, संचळ

हिन्दी: लौंग · मराठी: देवकुसुम, सीखक करन फूल

हिन्दी: सैंधा नोन, सौंचर नोन, समुद्र नोन, खारी नोन, बिड नोन, अर्थात् कचलोन - नमक · मराठी: मीठ, लोणारखार, टंकण, लवण, सैंधव, औद्भिद, नीन संचळ

हिन्दी: हरपाररेवडी · मराठी: हरपररेवडी

The kachnār tree is named among the five lavaṇī plants growing by the sea, said to remove vata, produce kapha, pitta and blood, cause wasting, digest with difficulty and suit urinary stone…

Kaṭerī (verse kāsaghnī) leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.