Abstract

ROLE OF JALOUKAAUCHARAN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC BLEPHARITIS

*Dr. Daya Shankar Singh

ABSTRACT

Eyes are the choicest gift of God to the humans. Our eyes are really the windows through which we view the world around us. The eyelids act as shutter in order to protect this precious organ. Blepharitis is one of the common diseases of eye lids. It is a sub-acute or chronic inflammation of the margins of the lids. It is often a recurring condition associated with bacterial infection or skin disorders such as dandruff or acne rosacae. Common features of Blepharitis are itching, persistent soreness of the eyelids or eyes, greasy appearance of the lid margins , falling of eye lashes, small ulcers of the lid margins, crusting and bleeding, irritation, grittiness, burning and dryness of eye. The disease is well explained in Ayurvedic classics. While evaluating the clinical features of Blepharitis we can understand the role of Pitta, Rakta and Kapha in the manifestation of disease. We will get similar references in the context of vartma roga and sandhi roga. The symptoms of the disease resembles with pakshmasata, syava vartma, kardama vartma, krimigranthi etc. Since vartma is made up of mamsa & rakta dhatus, kapha-pitta-rakta predominant diseases are easily affected on vartma. Due to the lack of appropriate treatment, Blepharitis goes to a chronic stage which can be correlated to Pillaroga. So the ultimate aim of treatment is to purify the vitiated doshas & dooshyas.

Keywords: pakshmasata, syava vartma, kardama vartma, krimigranthi, Pillaroga.