An Anjana should be prepared by collecting lamp-black on a vessel made of Indian bell-metal, and mixing it with one part each of Yashtimadhu, Saindhava, Tagara and roots of Eranda, as well as two parts of Brihati. This compound should be pasted together with goat's milk and thinly plastered on a copper plate. This process should be continued for seven times in succession and dried in the shed. It should then be made into Vartis and (used as such) would relieve pain in the eye. 49.
One part each of Haritaki, Yashti-madhu with sixteen parts of Maricha should be pounded and pasted together with cold water. It should then be made into Vartis and would be efficacious in all sorts of ocular affections. An experienced physician may with care and discretion prepare Pindánjanas with the drugs anti-dotal to the specific Dosha or Doshas involved in the case, in the manner of preparing the Rasa-kriyá preparations. 50-51.
Thus ends the eighteenth chapter of the Uttara-Tantra in the Sus'ruta Samhitá which deals with the preparations and uses of the medicinal measures to be used in different ocular affections.
