A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c24.176.2

v1.c24.176.2

the recipe of bhāskaracūrṇa, effective against many eye diseases344 (13.28–31ab);345 an añjana against timira (13.31cd–33ab);346 a recipe conferring a vision as sharp as that of Garuḍa (13.33c–f); a recipe against many eye diseases; one of the ingredients is lead (sīsa) (13.34–35); a recipe against timira that contains mercury (rasendra) and lead (bhujaga) (13.36); a recipe, prepared with the burnt head of a vulture (gṛdhra); it confers the same sharp vision as that bird possesses (13.37); a recipe, to be prepared within the mouth of a black snake, that is effective even when the pupil (tāra) has been torn (13.38);347 a recipe, prepared from mainly animal substances, that cures blindness (13.39–40);348 another preparation, made with the fat (vasā) of a black snake, that cures blindness (13.41);349 the añjana called apratisāra, to be employed in timira (13.42);350 a pill against timira (13.43); the recipe called ṣaṇmākṣikayoga, to be used in various eye diseases (13.44); the recipe of an añjana against all diseases of the dṛṣṭi (dṛgāmaya); this collyrium consists mainly of inorganic substances (13.45); a recipe increasing the acuity of vision (13.46);351 general measures against eye diseases, to be selected according to the main doṣa involved (13.47); the treatment of timira in general has been discussed now; its treatment according to the doṣa(s) will be the next subject (13.48); the treatment of timira due to vāta (13.49–50);