Abstract

ANCIENT OCULAR THERAPEUTICS: SCIENTIFIC BASE AND BOON FOR OCULAR DISORDERS

Dr. Pratibha Upadhyay*

Abstract

Ayurveda the science of life has its contribution in treating diseases as well as in prevention of diseases. Opthalmology is getting advanced day by day in terms of precise knowledge of disease pathology, diagnosis and treatment but although it is lacking still behind in treating so many diseases too. There are very constraints in drug delivery system to eye that affect the treatment of ocular disease especially of posterior segment and retinal disorders .Keeping in view of these grievances ancient ayurveda procedures that are so meticulously described in ayurvedic texts can be better utilized in modern science for the sake of human benefit. So in this article we give bird sight view of the all the procedures that are mentioned in ayurveda in a very meticulous way.

Keywords: kriyakalpa, vataja pitaja, opthalmology, netra, chikitsa, tarpana anjana,