Abstract

BHEDANA KARMA IN CHALAZION-A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Nimisha A. P. and Dr. S. Sunil Kumar

Abstract

A chalazion is a common inflammatory lesion on the eyelid. They are small, slow-growing lumps that appear on the eyelid, in the sub-tarsal conjunctiva. They are usually benign painless and non-tender caused by inflammation and blockage of meibomian glands. In Ayurveda, it can be correlated to utsangini, explained as a nodular growth like swelling outside eyelids and with its opening present inside due to tridosha Kopa. Both Acharya Vagbhata.[1] and Susruta.[2] explained utsangini under vartmagata rogas. The treatment of utsangini includes chedana, bhedana, lekhana and shodhana. In this study a 55 year old female patient approached to shalakyatantra out-patient department of Government ayurveda hospital, Thiruvananthapuram with redness, watering and swelling in upper eyelid of left eye associated with heaviness. Following the history and examination Chalazion was diagnosed. The patient was treated with Bhedana karma followed by pratisarana, aschyotana with durva grita and Samana chikitsa. Remarkable result was observed in all aspects of disease condition. Hence it is proved that chalazion can be effectively managed by bhedana and pratisarana karma.

Keywords: Chalazion, Utsangini, Bhedana karma, Pratisarana karma, Aschyotana karma.