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Chap. XVIII.] remedial to the specific deranged bodily Dosha or Doshas involved in each case. 20.

The affected eye should be fomented before the use of a Puta-páka or a Tarpana measure with a piece of cloth soaked in hot water (and rinsed). Fumigation of the affected organ in the end should be prescribed in a case marked by an aggravation of the deranged Kapha of the locality. 21. Áśchyotana and Seka:— Properly prepared and applied, the Áśchyotana and Seka measures would respectively subdue cases of slight and violent attacks of the eye. Like the Puta-páka measure these two also are devided into three classes viz., (Lekhana, Snehana and Ropana). Seven or eight drops of the medicinal fluid should be used in Lekhana-Áśchyotana (for the purpose of scraping the affected eye); ten drops in the Snehana (for emulsive purposes) and twelve drops in the RopanaÁśchyotana ( for the purpose of setting up a granulative process in a local sore or wound). The maximum period for which an (affected) eye should be subjected to the Seka measure is twice as long as is enjoined in respect of a Puta-páka measure,* or until the disease is gradually and wholly removed.† Both the Áśchyotana and the Seka applications should be made in the morning or evening or at noon (in accord-