Treatment of blood-born eye diseases

Blood-born eye diseases are softened by smearing ghee and then treated by bloodletting from the vessels, purgation and head purgation.

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Names and synonyms

Hindi: रक्तज नेत्ररोगों की चिकित्सा
English: Treatment of blood-born eye diseases

Ingredients and preparation

Chapter 15 · p. 316 · v. 266

Ingredients

Ingredient	As written in the text	Quantity as written
Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत)	सर्पि: / घृत	Not stated

Indicated for, as the text says

Eye disorders (netraroga)(रक्र के विकार से उत्पौा नेत्रगत समस्त रोग)
Conjunctivitis (abhishyanda)(रक्राभिष्यंद, रक्रजाधिमंथ)
Siraharsha(शिराहर्ष)
Sirotpata (reddening of the eye vessels)(शिरोत्पात)

Therapies involvedPaste application (lepa)लेप लगाना Bloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षण Therapeutic purgation (virechana)विरेचन (जुलाब)Nasal therapy (nasya)नस्य कर्म

Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)

रक्र के विकार से उत्पौा नेत्रगत समस्त रोगों को एवं रक्राभिष्यंद, रक्रजाधिमंथ, शिराहर्ष, शिरोत्पात इन रोगों को भी घृत के लेपन से मृदु बनाकर शिरामो़ाण व विरेचन अैर शिरोविरेचन से जीतना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 316 · v. 266.

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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