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Bitter, astringent, dried and dry vegetables are listed among the foods whose use aggravates vāta.

Guḍūcī shoots (गुर्च in the commentary; the verse word is unclear) are listed among sprout vegetables described as cold, kapha-producing, strongly aphrodisiac, heavy, pitta-calming,…

Māriṣa (मरसा) shoots close the list of sprout vegetables described as cold, kapha-producing, strongly aphrodisiac, heavy, pitta-calming, removing heat of the blood, clearing the bowels and…

Matsyākṣī is listed among leaf vegetables said to remove pitta, increase kapha, give strength and suit those with blood disorders.

Nālī (nāḍī) greens are listed among the root vegetables.

Having described grains, the author undertakes to describe vegetables from roots to fruits. The roots (mūla) listed are lotus root, nālī (nāḍī) greens, potato and similar tubers,…

A physician who knows poisons selects vamyesha (the commentary: kavach seed or talmakhana) that birds have eaten and that is therefore free of poison, and gives it with milk, ghee and…