with the nature of the deranged bodily Dosha or Doshas involved in each case. 27-30.
Forms of Anjana:— The forms in which an Anjana may be, are those of pills, liquid (Rasa-kriyá) and powder *[1] each succeeding, one being more efficacious than the one preceding it, in the order of enumeration. 31.
Their sizes and doses:— The size (dose) of a Lekhana, Prasádana and Ropana Varti (Pill) should be equal to that of one and a half and twice as much as a Kaláya pulse for ocular affections in general. As regards the application of Rasa-kriyá- Anjana in these disorders the quantity to be used in a dose should be equal to that of the Varti in the different cases respectively. As regards the dose of the powders (to be used in eye-diseases) it should be respectively twice, thrice and four times as much as would be contained at the end of a Śalâkâ (rod). 32.
The materials of the vessel and rod for the use of an Anjana:— The vessels containing the different kinds of Anjana should be according to the different kinds of Anjana themselves, and these vessels as well as the Śaláká (rod) for the use should be made of gold, silver, horn, copper, Vaidurya (a kind of precious stone), bell-metal and iron respectively (in accordance with the different tastes of the drugs the Anjanas are made of), †[2] The end of the
- ↑ * Dallana says that Pill-Anjanas, Liquid- Anjanas and Powder- Anjanas should be prescribed in cases of severe, intermediate and mild attacks respectively.
- ↑ † According to Dallana the Anjana of sweet taste should be placed in a golden vessel, that of acid taste in a silver vessel, that of saline taste in a vessel made of horn (of a sheep), that of astringent taste, in a vessel either of copper or iron, that of pungent taste in a vessel made of Vaidurya.
