CHAPTER XVII.
Now we shall discourse on the curative treatment of the diseases of the pupil and the Crystalline lens (Drishti-gata-Roga-Pratishedha). 1.
Of the diseases included within the present group, three are curable, three are incurable, while the remaining six admit only of palliative treatment. The curative remedies of the disease known as Dhuma-darsi (smoky or dusky vision) has been already described (in connection with the medical treatment of Pittaja Ophthalmia) *[1]. All the remedies applicable in cases of deranged Pitta and Kapha as well as application of Nasya (snuff), Seka (sprinkling), Anjana (Collyrium), Álepa (plaster), Puta-páka and Tarpana (soothing) remedies with the exception of surgical operation should be respectively administered in cases of Pitta-affected (Pitta-vidagdha) and Kapha-affected (Śleshma-vidagdha) vision. Traiphala-Ghrita should be prescribed in a case of Pitta-vidagdha-Drishti and Traivrita-Ghrita in a case of Śleshma-vidagdha-Drishti. Potions of old and matured clarified butter as well as of Tailvaka-Ghrita are equally efficacious in both cases †[2]. Collyriums (Anjanas) should be prepared with Gairika, Saindhava, Pippali, and the charred remains (Masi) of cow's teeth, or with beef. Maricha, Śirisha-seeds and Manah-śilá, or with the stalk of a Kapittha fruit together with honey, or with Atmaguptá pasted with honey; these four
