Tearing

This disease consists in the fact that the eye is constantly wet from watery moisture, sometimes even tears flow. Some of these cases are congenital, others are acquired. Of those acquired, some occur in a healthy state of the body, while others are a consequence of some disease and pass along with it, such as with fevers. The cause of acquired lacrimation is weakness of the retaining, digesting and maturing forces or a lack of the lacrimal caruncle by nature, or due to the use of acute medications, or due to cutting of the pterygoid hymen. The source of this moisture is the brain, from which it flows to the eye along one of two paths already mentioned several times. As for congenital lacrimation or caused by circumcision of the lacrimal caruncle, it is irreparable. Watery eyes that occur during fever and acute illness without cause are caused by damage and inflammation of the brain. Sometimes lacrimation occurs during sleepless fever, which is one-day fever, or during blood rotten fevers. Sometimes lacrimation increases with stretching cramps. All types of acquired lacrimation quickly disappear; When the disease that caused it passes, the lacrimation also disappears.

Treatment. The rule in treating lacrimation is to use medications that are moderately astringent. In the case when it occurs as a result of cutting off the pterygoid hymen or corroding it with some medicine, then the treatment consists of using yellow powder and saffron cakes, ointments from sabur and ointments from saffron and henbane. They also apply incense, especially its soot, with sabur, horned poppy and saffron to the inner corner of the eye. If the lacrimal caruncle is destroyed, it will never grow again. Lachrymation, which did not appear as a result of cutting the pterygoid hymen, is treated with tutia or eye medicines prepared from it, especially those indicated in the paragraph on cataracts, as well as with all viscous ointments, such as white anzarut ointment, istiftikan ointment and other ointments indicated in the Pharmacopoeia.

Among the tested ones is a remedy prepared from the juice of sour pomegranates with other medicines. Here is its description: one ritl of this juice is evaporated by half, then Socotri sabur, khudad, lykiya, saffron and horned poppy ointment are added - one mithqal and musk - one danak; All this is exposed to the sun for forty days in a closed glass vessel. Tested remedies include going to a bathhouse on an empty stomach and staying in it, and frequently dripping vinegar and water into the eye. As for congenital lacrimation, it is rarely treatable.