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Onion (verse palāṇḍu) is listed among vegetables described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling digestion and always provoking blood disorders.

The text counts seventy-six eye diseases, lists their causes and their seats in the eye, and stresses that the eye must be protected in every way.

A paste of bael, chitraka, pippalimula, renuka seed, mahashravani and gorakhmundi, realgar, shigru root, agnimantha, both kinds of arka, vacha, the three pungents, turmeric, mustard, onion…

Eye diseases arise from the doshas lodged in the eye through plunging into water when overheated, keeping a fixed posture, change of seasons, sweat or much walking, excess intercourse, loss…

Forty-eight entries from पटोल (परवल) to प्लक्ष (पाकड़, पीपल). Among them are पत्र (कचनार, तमालपत्र, तालीसपत्र, नागवेल), पथ्या (हरड़), पद्मक and पद्ममध्य (कमल केशर), पनस, पयोद (मोथा), परूषक…

Pīlu, fresh ginger, drumstick root, garlic, onion, black pepper, cardamom, long-pepper root, kulahala and karīra are described as hot and sharp, especially removing kapha and vata, kindling…