An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. III: Uttara-tantra — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1916)

water and made4nto a stick (Varti) should be applied as an Anjana to the affected eye. As an alternative, sticks (Varfci) composed of Pathyd , Haridrd , Yashti-mhdhu and Anjana should be similarly applied. Compounds made of the equal parts of Pippali , Maricha , S'unthi, Haritaki, Amilaki, Vibhitaka , Haridrd and Vidanga- seeds, or of Vdlaka , Kushtha , Deva-ddru , (burnt) conch-shell, Pdthd (Akanidhi), (Chitraka roots), Pippali \ Markka , ,

S'untki and Manak-s'ild (Realgar) and the flowers of /4/Z, Karanja and 5 obhdnjana * pasted together with water should be applied to the eye. The seedsf of Prakiryd (Karanja), or of S'igru with the seeds and flowers of the two kinds of Vrihati mixed with Rasdn - jana, C hand ana, Saindhava- salt, Manak-s' ild, Haritaki, and garlic taken in equal parts and pasted together with water should be made into sticks (Varti) and used as an Anjana in all forms of Kaphaja eye-diseases. 5 .

The following medicinal compounds should be prescribed by experts as an Anjana (eye-salve) in a case of Valrfsa-Grathita after the system of the patient had been properly cleansed by means of blood-letting. A quantity of blue barley with the horns should be soaked (for a week or two) in milk and dried (after the manner ofBhivand saturation). It should then be burnt into ashes. These ashes should then be mixed with an equal part of burnt ashes of Arjaka , Ashphotaka , Kapittha , Vilva, Nirgundi and Jdti flowers and an alka-

# Dallana quotes the reading of “ Panjika'kJra ” (another commentator of Sus'ruta) according to whom Murva! and the flowers of Ja'/i only should be taken instead of the flowers of Jatt, Karanja and Sobha'njana. This reading seems to be the correct one inasmuch as this makes the number of the drugs in the list twelve in all, as given by Dallana himself.

t According to some commentatois both the seeds and flowers of Prakirjd and of S'igru should be taken.

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line solution should be duly prepared therewith. Saindhava> Tuttha (Sulphate of copper) and Rochand should now be added to the above alkaline solution and duly boiled. The compound thus prepared should 1 e applied as an Anjana with an iron pipe (NAdi). This is prescribed in a case of Va’ftsa-Grathita. Alkaline preparations may be similarly prepared with (the flowers, etc. of) Phanijjhaka etc., and may be employed in a similar manner. 6.

A (thin) plaster composed of S'nnthi , Pip fait , Musta , Saindhava and white Maricha* pasted with the expressed juice of Mdtulunga and applied to the eye as an Anjana, would bring about a speedy cure of the eyedisease known as Pishtaka. 7.

Vrihati fruits should be gathered when ripe and a paste compound of (the equal parts of) Pippali and Srotdnjana should be kept inside those seedless fruits for seven nights. The (preserved) paste should then be taken out and applied to the eye as an Anjana. It proves beneficial in a case of Pishtaka. Paste may similarly be preserved inside a Vdrtdku (brinjal), S'igru, Indra - Vdruni , Patola , Kirdta-tikta and Amalaki and used for the same. 8.

Kcis'is'a (Sulphate of iron), Samudra f, Rasdnjana and buds of Jdti-fi owers pasted together and rubbed in honey, is advised to be prescribed as an Anjana in a case of Praklinna-Vartma. 9.

A single application as an Anjana of the compound composed of excellent Nddeya (Saindhaya) \ salt,

* Dallana explains white Marie ha as S’igru seeds, t Samudra may either mean Samudra-phena or Samudra salt, i. e« Karakacha salt. The commentators are silent on this point.

t Dallana explains Nddeya as meaning Saindhava, but it generally eans Srotanjana (black antimony).

44 the sushkuta samhitX. t c^pwhite pippzt* and Nepdla-jdta (Realgar-lit., that which is produced in Nepâla) taken in equal parts and pasted together with the expressed juice of Mdtulanga , would alleviate the itching sensation (Kandu) in the eyes. Similarly a compound of S'ringaoera , Deva-ddru, Musta> Saindhavd salt and buds of Jdti flowers pasted together with wine and used as an Aâjaâa would prove efficacious in a case of swelling (Sopha) and itching sensation of the eyes. The above eye-diseases should be judiciously treated in accordance with the principles laid down in the treatment of the cases of Abhi-shyanda and Adhi-mantha. 10 .

Thus ends the eleventh chapter of the Uttara-Tantra in the Sus'ruta HamhiU which treats of the curative treatment of S'leshmâbhishyanda.

* Dallatta explains “S'veta-Maricha” as “S'igm -seeds”, but there is a particular kind of Maricha which is white in colour and this is also supported by some commentator.

CHAPTER XII.

Now we shall discourse on the curative treatment of the type of Abhishyanda (Ophthalmia) which has its origin in the vitiated condition of the blood

(Rakt^bhishyanda-Pratishedha). i. General Treatment s— A wise physician