An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, Vol. III: Uttara-tantra — trans. Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna (1916)
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If removed in its acute stage (in a case of Lingandsa) the Dosha is liable to have an upward course and produce relapse in the red-coloured specks or films (opacity) in the Sukra (white part of the eye), and it tends to give rise to an excruciating pain in the locality and completely obstruct the vision. The remedy in such a case consists in sprinkling the eye with clarified butter duly cooked with the drugs of the Madhuragana , and in the application of the same in the manner of $>iro-vasti (errhine). Meat diet should be prescribed for the patient in such cases. As a full-bodied cloud coming in contact with the wind meets its destruction, so the fully aggravated Dosha meets its doom, if operated upon with the surgeon’s Saldkd (rod). 39-40.
Causes Of Relapse A relapse of the deranged Dosha is caused by a blow on the head, physical exercise, sexual excesses, vomiting, epileptic fits, or by an act of piercing the Linga-nds'a (cataract) during its partially developed (D. R. immature) stage. 41.
Symptoms produced by the defects
of the S alaka : — Care should be taken not to remove the cataract with a roughly shaped Saltâfi (rod) as it might usher in an acute and aching pain in the affected organ. A rod with an unsmooth body might f Chap. XVII.
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8l lead to an aggravation of the deranged Doshas. A thicktopped rod would necessarily create an extensive ulcer, whereas a sharp one begets the apprehension of hurting the eye in many ways. An excessive lachrymation sets in from using a rod with an unequal or irregu* lar top or mouth, whereas its unsteadiness (in the course of the operation) makes the operation an abortive one. Hence a Salakd (rod) should be constructed and used for the purpose in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of the foregoing defects and injuries. 42, Description of the :-The
Saldk& (rod) should be made to measure eight fingers in length, its middle part being covered with strings of thread and resembling the upper section of the thumb in circumference and its ends terminating in the form of a bud. The rod (Sal£k&) should be prepared of copper, iron or gold. 43.
Derangements due to defective
Operation : — Redness of the eye, local swelling, sucking pain, (appearance of) Arvuda or Vudvuda, hoglike eye (Sukardkshitd) * and ophthalmia &c. are due to the improper handling of the rod or to the use of improper regimen of diet and conduct. These should be remedied according to the nature of the deranged Dosha involved in each case. 44.
Their treatment Now again hear me discourse on the (specific) medicines to be employed in cases of pain or redness in the eyes. A medicinal plaster composed of Gairika, S’drivd , Durvd , and barley pasted with milk f and clarified butter, should be
* Both Virinda and Chakradatta reads “Kekarlkshitd” *\ e. a squinting look.
+ Vrinda and Chakradatta following V^gbhata do not read “ Payas ” (milk) and they read the first line of this couplet in a different form.
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applied lukewarm (about the eyes) for the subsidence of pain and redness. A plaster (Lepa) prepared of Siddhdrthaka (white mustard seeds) and slightly fried sesamum seeds pasted with the expressed juice of Mdtulunga , or one prepared of Payasyd (Kshira-kdkoli), Sdrivd y Pair a, Manjishthd and Yashti-madhu pasted together with the milk of a she-goat, if applied luke* warm to the affected region, removes the pain and redness of the eyes. A plaster composed of Ddru , Pad - maka , and S'unthi , prepared and used in the same way is likewise recommended for the purpose. A plaster of Drdkshd , Yashti-madhu , Kushtha and Saindhava should be likewise used. Cow’s milk cooked with Saindhava should also be used for the alleviation of pain and redness of the eye. Clarified butter duly cooked with the admixture of S'atdvari , Prithak-parni \ Musta , Amalaka , Padntaka and the milk of a she-goat, should be applied (cold) to the affected organ (eye) for the alleviation of pain and burning sensation therein. Clarified butter duly cooked with the Kalka of the drugs of the Kdkolyddi group with a quantity of milk four times the weight of the clarified butter, previously cooked with the drugs of the VAyu-subduing ( Bhadra - ddrvidi) group (in the manner of Kshira-pâka) should be considered as efficacious in any form (internally or externally , in cases of ocular affections. The affected organ should be treated with Sncha emulsive (applications) and (Sveda), fomentation and opening of the veins (Sir£) or cauterisation (by honey, clarified butter, or treacle) as described before, should be resorted to in cases where the foregoing remedies would fail to produce any effect. 45-46.
Eye-sight-invigorating An Jana
Now hear me describe two beneficial recipes of Anjana
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