Puncturing (vyadhana) for eye diseases

The text names fifteen eye diseases that the sages declared curable by puncturing (vedhana).

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: व्यध्य नेत्ररोग
Hindi: नेत्ररोगों का वेधन कर्म
English: Puncturing (vyadhana) for eye diseases

Ingredients and preparation

Chapter 15 · p. 312 · v. 249

Indicated for, as the text says

Sirotpata (reddening of the eye vessels)(शिरोत्पात)
Siraharsha(शिराहर्ष)
Akshipaka (suppuration of the eye)(सशोध नेत्रपाक, अशोथ नेत्रपाक)
Anyatovata (referred vata pain)(अन्यतोवात)
Puyalasa (suppurating junction swelling)(पूपालस)
Vataparyaya (alternating vata pain of eye and brow)(वातपर्यय)
Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(चार प्रकार का अधिमंथ, चार प्रकार का अभिष्यंद)

Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Bloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षण

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

शिरोत्पात, शिराहर्ष, सशोध नेत्रपाक, अशोथ नेत्रपाक, अन्यतोवात पूपालस, वातपर्यय, चार प्रकार का अधिमंथ, चार प्रकार का अभिष्यंद, ये 15 रोग वेधन करने से साधय होते हैSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 312 · v. 249.

Safety

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