The eyelids are opened well and cleaned with a cotton swab (pichu); diseases to be scraped are scraped and then rubbed with salt; those to be incised are held with a hook (badisha) and incised; those to be excised, and all disorders lodged at the outer corner (apanga), are excised; those to be punctured are treated by opening a vein as suitable; afterwards medicines and collyria are used according to the dosha.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- नेत्ररोगों में लेखन, भेदन, छेदन और वेधन
- English
- Scraping, incision, excision and puncturing in eye diseases
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Salt (lavana)नमक (लवण) | लवण | Not stated |
Indicated for, as the text says
- Eye disorders (netraroga)(लेरुय, भेद्य, छेद्य व वेधय रोग)
Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Bloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षणCollyrium application (anjana)अंजन (सुरमा लगाना)
Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)
आँख के पलकों को अच्छी तरह खोलकर पिचु (पोया) से पहले उसे साफ कर लेवें । तदनंतर लेरुय रोगांे को लेखनकर लवण से प्रतिसारण करना चाहिए। वडिश शस्त्र से पकडकर भेद्य रोगों को भेदन करना चाहिएSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 318 · v. 275-276.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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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
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- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T15
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