Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t2.29

v1.c6.s2.t2.29

These and the other similar ideas expressed in Buddhist canonical literature, which became abundant in China by 4/ 5ᵗʰ centuries CE, turned out to be an eye-opener to the Chinese, both figuratively and literally. Influence of Indian medicine is most apparent in the case of ophthalmology. The very first mention of ophthalmic surgery in Chinese medical works is found in Sun Simiao’s work. He refers to cutting a white growth in the eye in the case of disease “pterygium” in his work “Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold”.¹⁴