Ashtangasamgraha 20.23

20.23

Sixty-two divisions are specified; the sixty-third is the cause of health,

following simultaneous increase, equality, and decrease in the states of the patient.

And having ground it each time it has dried, one should apply it again as a paste.

This pill-collyrium (piṇḍāñjana), prepared over seven sets of seven days, removes all eye-inflammation, lacrimation, friction, swelling, redness, and enlargement of the eyelids.

A concentrated extract (rasakriyā) prepared with aśmantaka, amlavetasa, parūṣaka, kola, and dāḍima destroys swollen, mildly swollen, and suppurating eye-tumors (pūyālasa).

If the swelling persists even in this manner, bloodletting again and head-purging [should be performed].