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The face is called half of the body and its chief part, and within the face the eye is valued above the other senses; a person without eyes is likened to a tree surrounded by darkness.

The editorial note defines tarpana as what satisfies the eyes: juices of drugs beneficial to the eyes, ghee and the like are poured into the eyes of the patient lying on his back and held…

After the meal the hands are washed and rubbed together a little, and a little water is put to the eyes with them, that is, the eyes are touched with the wet hands; this is said to help the…

When the eyes bulge out in excessive emesis, they are smeared with ghee and pressed back with great skill.

In sirotpata and siraharsha leeches are applied quickly all around the eyes to let blood.

For burning of the eyes, a paste of liquorice mixed with buffalo milk, strained, cooled and combined with camphor is to be used, or the same paste with ghee or with paundra sugarcane juice.

When the eyes suffer from burning, a paste of liquorice mixed with buffalo milk, strained, cooled and combined with camphor is to be used; or the same paste with ghee or with the juice of…

The introduction says the work includes a section on fatal signs (riṣṭādhikāra), full of secrets known through the yoga practice of great sages.

Raktapitta is described as blood, corrupted in the liver and spleen by vata and pitta after vata, injury or heat, flowing upward, downward or both ways. Its prodromes, incurable and fatal…

Apachi is described as small hard swellings, round or long, formed by fat accumulating at the jaw, throat, eyes and joints; some burst and discharge, some subside by themselves and new ones…

Ardita is said to arise from excessive yawning and talking, chewing hard food, agitation, sleeping on a high hard pillow, kapha and cold; the senses are disturbed, half the face becomes…

Fever is said to arise when the doshas, aggravated by wrong diet, other diseases, season, wrong conduct or injury, spread through the whole body. Its general signs and prodromes, its vata,…

Pitta is said to be aggravated by pungent, sour, dry, salty, hot and burning foods and alcohol, and to cause fainting, burning, drying, blisters, delirium and thirst; spread through the…

Snake poison is called the most dreadful of animal poisons; snakes are of five kinds, divine serpents poison by sight and breath and earthly snakes by their fangs, and the text lists why…

The text describes doshas lodging in successive layers (patala) of the eye and impairing sight step by step; when timira reaches the fourth layer it is called linganasha.

Pure shilavalkala powder is mixed with a layer of lac (alaktaka) and made into a collyrium with ghee; the commentary says this collyrium is always useful for the eyes, and the verse says it…

An eye disease from aggravated vata with contracted eyes, rough hard lids and dim vision.

Pandu is described in four kinds (vata, pitta, kapha, all three) sharing pallor and told apart by colour: black, yellow, white or all three. It is treated by purification followed by licked…

The introduction says the Yajurveda describes the mantra-accompanied offering of particular parts of sacrificial animals, and that its Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas, especially the Aitareya…

Apatanaka is described as vata seizing the tendons of the hands, fingers, abdomen and heart region, with jerks and shaking, vomiting of phlegm, upturned gaze and inability to move the…

The introduction says no definite time can be given for the origin of Ayurveda, the science of life, because the need for it begins wherever living beings have life; since it is essential…

The complication in which a purifying medicine goes neither up nor down or acts too little; the text gives its causes, signs and stepwise management.