characteristic features and treatment, not mixed together, each one separately and in detail. Persons who are fond of their eyes, though healthy should always adhere to the following;
grains such as old Hordeum vulgare, godhūma – Triticum aestivum, śāli – Oryza sativa, ṣaṣṭika – a variety of rice which grows in sixty days, kodravān – Paspalum scrobiculatum, mudgādīn – Vigna radiata etc. which are old and which mitigate Kapha and Pitta, mixed with more of ghee;
शाकं चैवं विधं मांसं जाङ्गलं दाडिमं सिताम् । सैन्धवं त्रिफलां द्राक्षां वारि पाने च नाभसम् ॥ ६३ ॥
vegetables and meat of animals of desert like lands, having similar properties; dāḍimaṃ – Punica granatum, sugar, rock salt, Triphala-Haritaki – Terminalia chebula, Vibhitaki – Terminalia bellerica, Amalaki – Emblica officinalis, drākṣāṃ – Vitis vinifera and rain water for drinking;
आतपत्रं पदत्राणं विधिवद्दोषशोधनम् । वर्जयेद्वेगसंरोधमजीर्णाध्यशनानि च ॥ ६४ ॥
the use of umbrella, foot-wear and resorting to therapies to eliminate the doshas in the proper ways. He should avoid suppression of the urges, indigestion, overeating,