4b. OPTHALMICS
4B. Opthalmics
Opthalmics are medicines appropriated to the Eyes.
Aphorisms on Opthalmics, collected by Culpeper, (Composita, 1656):
- Medicines appropriated to the Eyes, are of two sorts, such as are appropriated to the visive Spirit, and such as are appropriated to the Eyes themselves.
- The best Medicines for the eyes perform their office (as Physicians say) by a hidden quality.
- As for the constitution of the Eyes, seeing they are most exact in sense, so they will not lightly bear the least inconvenience; therefore every thing is not proper for the eyes, which sharpens the sight by attenuating.
- But even in external things you must have a special care that they be not too hot, nor too sharp, nor hurt by hardness, biting nor viscosity.
Warming Opthalmics
Warming Opthalmic Compounds
Cooling Opthalmics
Cooling Opthalmic Compounds
| Pills of Washed Aloes | Triphala |
| Pills to Clarify | Ointment for the Eyes |
Medicine Which Preserve the Sight
| Asparagus (eaten) | Turnip |
| Eyebright (chewed) | Betony |
| Fennel seed | Chebula preserved (chewed) |
| Clove | Nutmeg |
| Partridge brain |
Compounds to Preserve the Sight
| Eyebright Wine | Rosemary Wine |
| Wormwood Wine | Rue Wine |
| Vinegar of Squill (gargled) | Confectio Humain |
Western Classification
