The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t3.13

c4.s7.t3.13

*Chandraprabhá varti*.³ Realgar enters into the composition of several applications for the eye: the following is an example. Take of realgar, galena, conch-shell lime, seeds of *Moringa pterygosperma* (*sveta maricha*), long pepper, liquorice and the kernel of belleric myrobalan, equal parts, rub them together with goat's milk, dry the mixture and make into small pastils or pencils. These are rubbed with a little honey and applied to the eyes as a collyrium in affections of the internal tunics, tumors or other growths, night-blindness etc.