Scraping (lekhana) for eye diseases

The text names nine eye diseases that the ancient sages declared curable by scraping (lekhana).

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: लेख्य नेत्ररोग
Hindi: नेत्ररोगों का लेखन कर्म
English: Scraping (lekhana) for eye diseases

Ingredients and preparation

Chapter 15 · p. 312 · v. 248

Indicated for, as the text says

Klishtavartma (bleeding eyelid)(क्लिष्टवत्र्म)
Vartmavabandha(बद्दवत्र्म (वत्र्मावबंध))
Bahalavartma (thickened eyelid)(वहलवत्र्म)
Vartmakardama(कर्दमवत्र्म, (वत्र्मकर्दम))
Shyava vartma(श्याववत्र्म)
Sharkara vartma(शर्करावत्र्म)
Kumbhika(कुंभिका)
Utsangini (inward-opening lid pimple)(उत्संिंगनी)
Pothaki (mustard-seed pimples of the eyelid)(पोथकी)

Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

क्लिष्टवत्र्म, बद्दवत्र्म (वत्र्मावबंध) वहलवत्र्म, कर्दमवत्र्म, (वत्र्मकर्दम) श्याववत्र्म, शर्करावत्र्म, कुंभिका, उत्संिंगनी, पोथकी, ये रोग लेखन क्रिया करने योग्य हैSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 312 · v. 248.

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.

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