Anjana in the Sushruta Samhita: Ayurveda's Classical Collyrium (Kajal) and Its Three Types — Lekhana, Ropana and Prasadana

Quick Summary Almost every Indian childhood carries a memory of it: a fingertip of soft black kajal, warmed at a...

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Timira in the Sushruta Samhita: Drishti-gata Roga, Night-Blindness (Naktandhya) and the Anjana Collyriums of the Uttara Tantra

Quick Summary Of all the senses, sight was the one the ancient surgeons of India guarded most jealously — and...

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Sushruta's 41 Classical Eye Diseases: Sandhigata, Vartmagata & Suklagata Roga from Uttara-Tantra Chapters 2-4 (Complete Sanskrit Catalog of Netra Roga Vijnaniya)

Quick takeaway: Sushruta Samhita's Uttara-Tantra, the earliest systematic ophthalmology text in world medicine, catalogues 41 eye diseases across Chapters 2-4:...

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Sushruta's Ayurvedic Eye Care: 76 Eye Diseases and 4 Classical Treatments from the Uttara-Tantra

Quick takeaway: In the Uttara-Tantra of the Sushruta Samhita, the surgeon Sushruta mapped the eye into 5 mandalas, 6 sandhis...

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