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Condition
Timira (progressive visual impairment)
तिमिर
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.
Condition
Linganasha (cataract-like blindness)
लिंगनाश (मोतियाबिंद) · लिङ्गनाश
Linganasha is described as timira that has reached the fourth layer of the eye and blocks sight completely; it is also called nilika kacha and has six dosha types, besides two externally…
Therapy
Medicated smoke inhalation (dhumapana)
धूमपान (औषधि धूम) · धूमपान
Smoke (dhuma) is said to be of five kinds: oleating (snehana), prayogika, emetic (vamana), purgative (virechana) and cough-relieving (kasaghna); a footnote gives नस्यैः as a variant reading…
Therapy
Therapeutic emesis (vamana)
वमन कर्म · वमनकर्म
Emesis is judged proper when first the medicine, then kapha and then pitta are expelled and the doshas and the disease subside.
Topic
Signs of doshas in the fourth layer of the eye
चतुर्थ पटल में दोषों के लक्षण · चतुर्थ पटलगत दोष लक्षण
When timira reaches the fourth layer it blocks sight completely and is called linganasha (loss of sight), which has six further kinds. A footnote adds that it is also called timira and…
Question
How does sight change as the doshas move through the layers of the eye?
दोषों के आँख के पटलों में आगे बढ़ने पर दृष्टि में क्या परिवर्तन होते हैं?
In the first layer things are seen indistinctly; in the second even a needle's eye cannot be seen; in the third things below are not seen and objects look like hair, mosquitoes or flies; in…
Procedure
Oleating nasya (marsha)
स्नेहन नस्य
Oleating nasya is said to strengthen the throat, blood, head, shoulders and chest and to sharpen the sight; it is used in head disorders from vata, loose teeth, falling of hair and beard,…
Topic
Persons unfit for smoking
धूमपान के अयोग्य मनुष्य
Smoke is not to be given to those suffering from fainting, intoxication, giddiness, burning, thirst, heat, raktapitta, fatigue, severe poisoning, grief or fear; to those with pandu,…
Topic
Surgery in kapha-born linganasha
कफज लिंगनाश में शस्त्रकर्म
If linganasha (timira) disperses quickly when pressed, it is known to be born of intense kapha. The patient looks at his own nose; the physician slowly pierces the natural opening in the…
Topic
The six layers
छह पटल · षट् पटल
Two layers (patala) are in the eyelids and four in the eyeball; the dreadful disease timira arises in these four layers of the eyeball. The author then promises a detailed account of all…
Topic
Those unfit for emesis
वमन के अयोग्य व्यक्ति · वमन के लिए अपात्र
Emesis must not be given to patients with gulma, timira, raktapitta, ardita, akshepaka, prameha, long-standing pandu, haemorrhoids or abdominal disease from injury, to those with a dry…
Topic
Uses of oleating nasya (2)
स्नेहन नस्य का उपयोग (2) · स्नेहन नस्य का उपयोग
It is also used in ear diseases, timira, hoarseness, dryness of the mouth, premature greying, for prolonging life and in all mouth diseases arising from pitta and vata, and is called very…