Abstract

A REVIEW STUDY ON REFRACTIVE ERRORS AND & IT’S AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT

Rukmini Shinde* and Tejaswini Khandare

Abstract

Emmetropia is optically normal eye & Ametropia is a condition of refractive error which includes Myopia, Hypermetropia, Astigmatism. Ametropia is the most common disorders of eye and has grown more in these recent years. These errors are treated by glasses, contact lenses, refractive surgery etc. These are only tools of management in modern science for refractive errors. WHO runs a Programme naming Vision 2020 has one of its objective to control & treat uncorrected refractive errors. Here attempt has been made to present refractive errors in respect to its management as ayurvedic aspect. By taking review of ayurvedic literature, we can claim that ayurveda is having the solution for prevention & management of refractive errors. Curvatural deformity of lens or cornea or both causes refractive errors & in ayurvedic literature curvatural size or diameter variation as per prakriti is described, while suitable diet & life style for corresponding prakriti is also suggested which prevents the disorders of any ophthalmic disease such as refractive errors. Retinal & lenticular degeneration is one of the cause of refractive errors & new generation is related to shukra dhatu, hence vajikaran & rasayana kalpas which has action on both shukra & Netra like kaishor Guggulu, chandraprabha vati, punarnava, vasant kalpas etc can be used. Tarpana, Putpak plays very important role in Ametropia as well.

Keywords: Corneal curvature, prakriti, Shrukrasarta, cellular regeneration, lens, Retina.