and boiled in water, filtered and Rasakriya (thick decoction) is prepared and is used as collyrium. It is medicine for Pilla and helps the growth of eyelashes.
Extract of Berberis aristata, sarjaraso – resin of Vateria indica, brass filings, arsenic di sulphide, cuttlefish bone, rock salt, red ochre, maricāni – and Piper nigrum
are made into a paste and applied to eyes as collyrium mixed with honey is best in curing moistness and itching. tagaraṃ – Valeriana wallichii made into a paste with the decoction of abhayā – Terminalia chebula destroys Pilla,
भावितं बस्तमूत्रेण सस्नेहं देवदारु च । सैन्धवत्रिफलाकृष्णाकटुकाशङ्खनाभयः ॥ ५४ ॥
so also devadāru – Cedrus deodara made as a paste with goat urine and mixed with fat (ghee). Medicinal wick (pill) prepared from rock salt, Triphala -Haritaki – Terminalia chebula, Vibhitaki – Terminalia bellerica, Amalaki – Emblica officinalis, kṛṣṇā – Piper nigrum, kaṭukā – Picrorhiza kurroa, Sankhanabhi (conch)
सताम्ररजसो वर्तिः पिल्लशुक्रकनाशिनी । पुष्पकासीसचूर्णो वा सुरसारसभावितः ॥ ५५ ॥
and copper filings used as Collyrium destroys Pilla and Shukraka (disease of the cornea). Powder of iron sulphate soaked in the fresh juice of surasā – Ocimum sanctum