Abstract

AKSHI TARPANA - A UNIQUE OCULAR THERAPY IN AYURVEDA

N. A. Prasad*, Varun Sawant, Ashu, Gagan Singh Dhakad and Akhilnath Parida

Abstract

Netragolaka (eyeball) is an essential sense organ of the human body. There are some restrictions even after noticeable progress and advances in the department of modern ophthalmology. Modern medicine doesn't have any precise management for the strange problem of the eye. The majority of the inflammatory eye diseases are managed well in the western system of medicine. However, neurological diseases of the eye, as well as degenerative conditions of the eye, are resistant to even refined new generation procedures. Thousands of Indian patients are affected by neuro-degenerative disorders of the eye. Even though in the field of ophthalmology modern science has been shown enormous and notable progress and advances in recent times, the significance of Ayurvedic management in the diseases of eyes cannot be overlooked. Being a well-known ancient system of medicine, Ayurveda gives valuable guidelines not only in treatment aspects but also in prophylactic lines. There is a great necessity to find out an ocular procedure for the prevention and treatment of eye diseases having no or least adverse effect. Tarpana Karma is one of the topical therapeutic procedures which if promptly used reveal an objective piece of evidence of excellent responses. In this article there is a review on Akshi Tarpana Karma, their indications, contraindications and possible mode of action are discussed.

Keywords: Tarpana, topical therapeutic procedures, Kriyakalpa, Akshi, Ayurveda, Ghrita, Chikitsa.