applied lukewarm (about the eyes) for the subsidence of pain and redness. A plaster (Lepa) prepared of Siddhárthaka (white mustard seeds) and slightly fried sesamum seeds pasted with the expressed juice of Mátulunga, or one prepared of Payasyá (Kshira-kákoli), Sárivá, Patra, Manjishthá and Yashti-madhu pasted together with the milk of a she-goat, if applied luke-warm to the affected region, removes the pain and redness of the eyes. A plaster composed of Dáru, Padmaka, and S'unthi, prepared and used in the same way is likewise recommended for the purpose. A plaster of Drákshá Yashti-madhu, Kushtha and Saindhava should be likewise used. Cow's milk cooked with Saindhava should also be used for the alleviation of pain and redness of the eye. Clarified butter duly cooked with the admixture of Śatávari, Prithakparni, Musta, Ámalaka, Padmaka and the milk of a she-goat, should be applied (cold) to the affected organ (eye) for the alleviation of pain and burning sensation therein. Clarified butter duly cooked with the Kalka of the drugs of the Kákolyádi group with a quantity of milk four times the weight of the clarified butter, previously cooked with the drugs of the Váyu-subduing (Bhadradárvádi) group (in the manner of Kshira-páka) should be considered as efficacious in any form (internally or externally, in cases of ocular affections. The affected organ should be treated with Sncha emulsive (applications) and (Sveda), fomentation and opening of the veins (Sirá) or cauterisation (by honey, clarified butter, or treacle) as described before, should be resorted to in cases where the foregoing remedies would fail to produce any effect. 45-46.
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