with pain and redness of the eye in the event of the puncture being made on the lower part of the eye (Krishna-mandala) and such cases should be treated in the preceding manner. Emulsive (Sneha) application and fomentation (Sveda) of the parts as well as applications. of Anuvâsana enema should be considered as remedies in cases of redness, lachrymation, pain, numbness and bristling (of the eye-lashes) in the eye, as the result of an excessive and improper handling of the instrument during the operation. 37-38.
If removed in its acute .stage (in a case of Linganáśa) the Dosha is liable to have an upward course and produce relapse in the red-coloured specks or films (opacity) in the Śukra (white part of the eye), and it tends to give rise to an excruciating pain in the locality and completely obstruct the vision. The remedy in such a case consists in sprinkling the eye with clarified butter duly cooked with the drugs of the Madhura-gana, and in the application of the same in the manner of Śiro-vasti (errhine). Meat diet should be prescribed for the patient in such cases. As a full-bodied cloud coming in contact with the wind meets its destruction, .so the fully aggravated Dosha meets its doom, if operated upon with the surgeon's Śaláká (rod). 39-40.
Causes of Relapse: — A relapse of the deranged Dosha is caused by a blow on the head, physical exercise, sexual excesses, vomiting, epileptic fits, or by an act of piercing the Linga-náśa (cataract) during its partially developed (D. R. immature) stage. 41.
Symptoms produced by the defects of the śaláká: — Care should be taken not to remove the cataract with a roughly shaped Śaláká (rod) as it might usher in an acute and aching pain in the affected organ. A rod with an unsmooth body might
