in cases where the patient would be found capable of being treated with it. The Puta-páka measure may be divided into three classes, viz., Snehana (emulsive), Lekhana (scraping) and Ropana (healing) Puta-páka. The Snehana (emulsive) Puta-páka is recommended in cases marked by the extreme parchedness of the affected organ or locality, and Lekhana (scraping) ones are efficacious in cases of excessive applications of the Sneha to the eye; while the eye-sight is invigorated by the Ropana (healing) Puta-páka, which restores the Váta, *[1] the Pitta and the blood of the affected locality to their natural conditions, and (consequently) heals the ulcer. 9-10.
Preparation of Snehana, Lekhana, and Ropana Puta-pákas:— The Snehana(emulsive) Puta-páka should be prepared with the flesh (of animals frequenting marshy places) abounding in Sneha †[2] and with the Vasá (lard), Majjan (marrow), and Medas (fat), and the drugs of the Madhura group and it should be retained in the eye so long as one would take to utter two hundred syllables. The scraping or Lekhana Puta-páka should be prepared with the flesh and the liver of an animal of the Jángala species and the drugs possessing the Lekhana or scraping properties, as well as powders of black iron (steel), copper, conch-shells, Vidruma (corals), Saindhva salt, Samudra-phena, Kâsisa (sulphate of iron) and Srotonjana (pasted together) with the cream of curd. The affected locality should be exposed to a Lekhana Puta-páka as long as
