European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

THE EFFICACY OF NETRATARPAN WITH PATOLADI GHRITHA IN DRY EYE SYNDROME (SUSHKAKSHIPAKA)

Chandrakant Upadhyay*, Lowkesh Chandravanshi, Ashish Patel and Ashok Patel

ABSTRACT

Dry eye is a life style ophthalmic problem mainly affecting in the middle age and elderly people. The dry eye is not a disease but a symptoms complex occurring as a squeal to deficiency or abnormality of the tear film. Over use of computer and mobile, laptop is the major cause. It is a disease of deficient or deranged tears and ocular surface disorder producing symptoms of discomforts, visual disturbance & tear film instability. Shushkakshipaka, an etymologically and clinically similar entity to dry eye syndrome, The disease affecting all part of eye characterized by paka (inflammation) due to shuskatva (dryness) caused by altered coherence of Ashru (Tears) with ocular surface or due to lack of Ashru.

Keywords: Dry Eye Syndrome, Sushkakshipaka, Tarpan, Patoladi Ghrita.