Anjanas may be used with advantage in both the types under discussion. 2-3.
Pushpánjana:— Powders of the flowers of Kubjaka, Aśoka, Sála, Ámra, Priyangu, Nalini and of Utpala, as well as powdered Renuká, Pippali, Haritaki and Ámlaki mixed with honey and clarified butter, should be kept inside a hollow bamboo and applied to the eye in the manner of a collyrium (Anjana) in cases of Pitta-vidagdha and Śleshmá-vidagdha eye-diseases. 4.
Dravánjana and Gudikánjana:— As an alternative, Renuká pasted with the expressed juice of the flowers of Ámra (mangoe) and Jambu (black-berry) and mixed with honey and clarified butter, should be used in both the above cases as an Anjana. Pollens of Nalini (red lotus) and of Utpala (blue lotus) as well as Gairika*[1] pasted together with the Rasa (watery secretions) of cow-dung †[2] and made into large pills (Gudiká) may be profitably applied to the eye as an Anjana alike in cases of day-blindness and night-blindness. This Anjana is called the Gudikánjana. 5.
Treatment of Day-blindness:—RasánJana, Rasa (Juice), ‡[3]honey, Táliśa-patra and Svarna-gairika should be pasted together with the Rasa of cow-dung and applied (in the manner of an Anjana) in cases of Pitta-affected vision i.e. day-blindness. Śita
- ↑ * Chakradatta does not read 'Gairika' in the list.
- ↑ † In place of " " some read " " i.e., the liver of a" " which may mean a cow or any animal, such as goat, sheep, etc.
- ↑ ‡ According to Dallana, Rasa (lit: — Juice) means the juice of Ámalika. According to others, however, it means the juice of the leaves of Játi flower. Chakradatta, however, reads " " (clarified butter) in place of " ".
