Excision (chhedana) for eye diseases

The text names eleven eye diseases that the physician should treat by excision (chhedana) and says excision relieves them.

Search the library for it Discussed in 1 session

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: छेद्य नेत्ररोग
Hindi: नेत्ररोगों का छेदन कर्म
English: Excision (chhedana) for eye diseases

Ingredients and preparation

Chapter 15 · p. 311 · v. 246

Indicated for, as the text says

Pterygium (arma)(पाँच प्रकार के अर्म)
Sirajapidaka (vessel-covered pimple on the white of the eye)(शिराजपिडिका)
Sirajala (net of vessels on the white of the eye)(शिराजाल)
Tumours (arbuda)(अर्बुद)
Shushkarsha of the eyelid (dry sprout)(शुष्कार्श)
Arshovartma (pile-like growths of the eyelid)(अशोवत्र्म)
Parvani (pimple at the eye junction)(पर्वणी)

Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

पाँच प्रकार के अर्म, शिराजपिडिका, शिराजाल, अर्बुद, शुष्कार्श, अशोवत्र्म, पर्वणी ये ग्यारह रोग, वैद्य द्वारा छेदने योग्य होते हैं अर्थात् छेदन करने से इनमें आराम होता है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 311 · v. 246.

Safety

Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.

Indicated for8