CLINICAL EFFICASY OF TARPAN WITH SHATAVARI GHRIT IN MANAGEMENT OF SHUSHKA-AKSHIPAK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DRY EYE.

Dr. Shelke Madhavi Rakhamaji

Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

CLINICAL EFFICASY OF TARPAN WITH SHATAVARI GHRIT IN MANAGEMENT OF SHUSHKA-AKSHIPAK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DRY EYE.

Dr. Shelke Madhavi Rakhamaji

Abstract :

Now a days, every person is running after life’s goal. Hence,does not have time to think and act for the healthy life and not able to follow the proper Dincharya, Ritucharya, Dietetic rules and Regulations. It may responsible to the aetiopathogenesis of visual disorders 5–6% individuals are affected by dry eye, the prevalence rises to 6–9.8 % in post menopausal women and as high as 34% in the elderly person.In modern aspect, dry eye is a group of disorder of tear film due to deficiency of lacrimal secretion or excessive tear evaporation which causes damage to interpalpeal ocular surface, it is associated with symptoms of ocular discomfort, so Tear substitutes are only treatment modality which provides symptomatic relief. Ayurveda described a similar condition known as shushka – akshipaka which shows symptoms like gharsha, tod–bhedvatvedana, rukshata, kruchchronmilan etc. In Ayurveda many preventive topical and systemic treatment modalities are mentioned for netravyadhirsons. Patients were selected from OPD & IPD of shalakya dept of Eknath Ayurved Rugnalaya, Shevgaon and were selected randomly divided into two groups. 30 patients of trial group were treated with Shatavari ghrit tarpan. 30 patients of control group were treated with Carboxy methyl cellulose eye drop. Duration of treatment was 10 days. Results–final assement was done at 28th day. Both treatments are effective in shushka–akshipak Conclusion– Tarpana with shatavari ghrit and carboxy methyl cellulose eye drop were found equally effective in Shushka–akshipak (Dry eye).