COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PHARMACEUTICAL PROPERTIES OF CHANDRODAYA VARTI WITH MARKET AVAILABLE SAMPLE OF ANJANA
Dr. Arohi Parmar*, Dr. Ravi Pandya and Dr. Rajeev Dole
ABSTRACT
Shalakya Tantra is one of the eight specialties of Ashtanga Ayurveda which deals with diseases which occur above the clavicle specially the sensory organs i.e. Eyes, Nose, Ears and Tongue. Eyes hold special status among all the sense organs because good vision is crucial for social and intellectual development of human beings and the knowledge from direct observation (Pratyakshapramana) can be achieved only by eyes. Other sense organs also depend on the eye sight for their accuracy as quoted by ancient sage Vagbhata.[1] He said that for a man without eyes this world is useless because day and night are same for them even if the other sensory organs are healthy. Thus Vagbhata recommended that all efforts should be performed to protect the eyes throughout the life. Hence authentic classics prescribed several preventive and curative measures to protect the eyes. Almost all the Acharyas prescribed several treatment procedures for the management of ophthalmic disorders such as systemic, surgical, para-surgical and local or topical treatments. Among these several types of treatment modalities local treatments are very specific, effective and unique to the eye diseases and called as “Netra Kriyakalpa”. It is similar as Panchakarma in Kayachikithsa. Netra Kriyakalpa have very fast action to the target tissues including posterior segment of the eye. There are seven Netra Kriyakalpas namely Akshi Tarpana, Putapaka, Seka, Aschyotana, Anjana, Bidalaka and Pindi. The first 5 procedures were mentioned in Susruta Samhitha[2] and last two were prescribed only in Sharangadhara Samhitha[3] along with other 5 procedures.
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