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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Netra Kriya Kalpa: The Five Classical Ayurvedic Eye Therapies of the Sushruta Samhita (Tarpana, Seka, Aschyotana, Anjana, Puta Paka)

Quick Summary Long before the microscope or the ophthalmoscope, classical Ayurveda built an entire, careful science of tending the eye....

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Kacha and Linga-nasha in the Sushruta Samhita: The Ancient Ayurvedic Cataract Couching Surgery (Uttara Tantra, Chapter 17)

Quick Summary Somewhere around two and a half thousand years ago, an Indian surgical text set down, step by careful...

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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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Ayurvedic Eye Care: Sushruta's Complete Guide to Eye Health in the Screen Age

Quick takeaway: In the Sushruta Samhita's Uttara-Tantra, the surgeon-sage Sushruta catalogued 76 eye diseases and mapped the eye into 5...

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