except that caused by Vata these eighteen diseases are designated as pilla roga and these persist for a long time. The treatment for each of these has been described earlier.
Now, the general treatment for all the pilla rogas will be described herein. The patient of Pilla roga who has been lubricated, vomited, blood removed by cutting the vein,
विरिक्तस्य च वर्त्मानु निर्लिखेदाविशुद्धितः तुत्थकस्य पलं श्वेतमरिचानि च विंशतिः ॥ ४८ ॥
and one who has been purged should be subjected to scarification of the eyelid till it becomes well unified (cleared of all exudation etc.). Purified copper sulphate one pala (48 grams), seeds of Moringa oleifera twenty by number are made into a paste with thirty pala (1.44 litres) of sour gruel,
तत्सेकेनोपदेहाश्रुकण्डूशोफांश्च नाशयेत् करञ्जबीजं सुरसं सुमनःकोरकाणि च ॥ ५० ॥
it cures coating, excess of tears, itching and swelling. karañjabījaṃ – Seeds of Pongamia pinnata, surasaṃ – Ocimum sanctum and sumanaḥ korakāṇi ca – buds of Jasminum grandiflorum is crushed