A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.471.2

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signs indicating proper, deficient and excessive treatment with puṭapāka288 and the way of application (18.33–38); the bad effects of improper administration of tarpaṇa and puṭapāka (18.39–40); the merits of proper tarpaṇa and puṭapāka (18.41–42ab); the treatment of disorders due to improper use (18.42cd); particularities with regard to sudation and fumigation before and after tarpaṇa and puṭapāka (18.43); āścyotana (the application of eyedrops) is indicated when the disease is not very grave; seka (irrigation) is indicated in more serious cases (18.44); āścyotana and seka are of the same three varieties as puṭapāka (18.45ab);289 the proper dosages of the three varieties of āścyotana (18.45cd–46ab); seka should be applied for a period twice as long as that for puṭapāka (18.46cd–47ab); the parts of the day suitable to the application of āścyotana and seka (18.47cd); the signs of proper and improper application of seka are like those of tarpaṇa (18.48ab); śirobasti cures very serious diseases and has the same effects as mūrdhataila290 (18.48cd–49ab); the technique of applying a śirobasti: a bladder filled with medicated oil or ghee is tightly fastened over the scalp of the patient; it should be kept there for a period ten times as long as has been prescribed for tarpaṇa (18.49cd–51ab); the stage of the disease in which a collyrium (añjana) should be applied (18.51cd–52ab);291 the three varieties of collyrium are: lekhana, ropaṇa and prasādana292 (18.52cd);