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Chap. X. ] to. The thick liquid extract (Rasa-Kriyá)* of Pálindi or Yashti-madhu mixed with honey and sugar, should be likewise employed. As an alternative, a compound consisting of Musta, Samudra-phena, Utpala, Vidanga, Elá, Dhátri and Vijaka and prepared in the manner of Rasa-kriyá should be employed (as an Anjana). 4.

Acompound of Tálisa (D. R. — Káśiśa), Elá, Gairika, Uśira and Śamkha (conch-shell) pasted with breast-milk should be applied to the affected organ in the manner of an Anjana (eye-salve). As an alternative, the powder or the Rasa-kriyá of Dhátaki and Syandana (D. R. — Chandana) mixed with breast-milk should be used as an Anjana. Gold-leaf rubbed with breast-milk, or the flowers of Kimśuka rubbed with honey, or of a compound of Rodhra, Drákshá, sugar,Utpala, Vacha and Yashti-madhu rubbed with breast-milk should be used as an Anjana. Barks of Varnaka† pasted in cow's milk, or (red) Chandana wood, Udumbara and Toya (Válá) pasted in the same, or Samudra-phena rubbed either in honey or breast-milk should be likewise applied to the eyes in the manner of an Anjana. 5.

Áŝchyotana: — Rodhra, Yashti-madhu, Drákshá, sugar and Utpala should be soaked in breast-milk. It should then be folded inside a piece of silk (Kshauma) and employed as an Áŝchyotana (eye-drop). A compound of Yashti-madhu and Rodhra rubbed in clarified butter should be similarly used. A compound of Káśmari (Gámbhári) Dhátri, Pathyá (Haritaki) and Toya (Vâlá),