Abstract

ROLE OF AYURVEDA IN PREVENTING CATARACT

Anjali*, Gunjan Sharma, Aditi and Poonam Bamola

Abstract

Visual impairment can limit people’s ability to perform everyday tasks and can affect their quality of life and ability to interact with world. Senile cataract is one of the leading cause of blindness. Till date no accepted medical treatment is available for cataract. Effective surgical procedures are available for treatment, but besides the requirement of highly trained personnel, the problem of post-operative complications, cost of surgery and high number of people requiring surgery pose a substantial economic burden. Efforts to ease the cataract burden will be of great social and health economic benefit. Ayurvedic ophthalmology aims at individual and the community level protection of eyes. In this article an attempt has been made to explore the procedures for prevention of age related cataract by means of Dincharya (Netra prakshalan, Anjana, Nasya, Nidra) healthy diet, Eye exercise and by means of Rasayna.

Keywords: Dincharya (Netra prakshalan, Anjana, Nasya, Nidra).