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Chap. XVII. ] expressed juice of Dhátri, or in the Rasa (serum) of the liver of an animal (e.g. a goat), or in the decoction of Triphalá. It is called the Kshudránjana, and should be applied to the affected organ in the manner of an Anjana (collyrium). An Anjana consisting of cow's urine, clarified butter, Samudra-phena, Pippali, Katphala, Saindhava and honey mixed together should be first kept inside a hollow bamboo and subsequently applied (in night-blindness) as a collyrium. The Medas (fat) and liver of a goat, together with a quantity of clarified butter skimmed out of the milk of a she-goat, mixed with Pippali and Saindhava should be boiled and cook- ed with the (expressed) juice of Ámalaka'' (in the manner of Rasa-kriyá preparations). It should then be mixed with honey and kept in a closed vessel made of Khadira (Catechu) wood. The use of this (compound), known as the Kshudrânjana, as an Anjana (collyrium) would be attended with good results. Harenu, Pippali-seeds, (without pericarps), Elâ and the liver (of a goat, etc.) should be pasted with the Rasa of cow-dung. Used as an Anjana, it would prove efificacious in a case of Kapha-affected vision (Śleshma-Vidagdha-Drishti). 12-14.

The liver of a Godhâ(a kind of wild lizard) should be partially opened and stuffed with Pippali and roasted in fire (having been coated with clay ). The use of the compound * for only once † as an Anjana (with honey)