CHAPTER XIV.
Now we shall discourse on the curative treatment of eye-diseases which require surgical incisions (Bhedya-Roga-Pratishedha). 1.
Treatment of Visa-granthi:— In a case of suppurating Visa-grauthi, it should be first fomented, and its puncture-like holes should be completely incised (so as to remove any swelling in the affected part). It should then be dusted with Saindhava, Kâśiśa, Mâgadhi, Pushpânjana, Manah-śilâ and Elá pounded together*.[1] Honey and clarified butter should then be applied (over the dusted part), and it should be duly (loosely) bandaged (for the complete union of the parts). 2.
Lagana: — -An incision should be made into the affected part in a case of Lagana, and any of the following drugs, viz., Rochanâ Yava-kshára, Tuttha, Pippali and honey should be applied to the incised part; while in serious (lit. — big) cases cauterization with alkali or with fire will be the remedy. 3.
Anjana: — in a case of Anjana, the affected part should be duly fomented and if it spontaneously bursts open, it should be well pressed and rubbed (Pratisárana) with a plaster-compound of Manah-śilá Elá, Tagarapáduká and Saindhava, pasted together with honey. If, however, the surgeon wants to open it, it should be rubbed with honey and Rasánjana mixed together and
- ↑ * Both Vrinda and Chakradatta read only the first two lines of the text and hold that the incision should be dusted with Saindhava only. Their commentators, however, accept the reading there to be Sus'ruta's. They supply the next two lines of Suśruta, and notice the consequent alteration in the sense.
