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STUDY OF THE EFFICACY OF GHRIT BHARJIT LODHRA BIDALAKA IN KAPHAJA ABHISHYANDA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SPRING CATARRH

Dr. Darunde Sandeep Walmik* and Dr. Pravin Chavan

Abstract

In the present era of 21st century, due to busy life style and pollution of air, water etc leads to many of the eye diseases .Patients does not have time to think and act for the healthy life and not able to follow the proper instructions for care of the eye, which may be responsible for the recurrent and relapsing nature of the disease Simple Allergic conjunctivitis. Abhishyanda is considered as root cause of all eye diseases. If it is not treated in time it leads to severe complications like Adhimantha and Hatadhimantha. To avoid such complications Acharya Sushruta has stressed on the importance of immediate need of treatment in this disease. The drugs present in modern medicine are very costly and not safe to all the patients. Spring catarrh is one of such condition in which all the patients do not respond equally to available anti allergic drugs. None of the anti allergic drugs available in the market can cure the conjunctivitis completely and steroids cause many of the side effects. This study aims the efficacy of ghrit bharjit lodhra bidalaka in kaphaja abhishyanda with special reference to spring catarrh. Statistical analysis and clinical study concluded that Ghrit Bharjit lodhra Bidalaka is an effective remedy for the management of Kaphaja Abhishyanda.

Keywords: Kaphaja abhishyanda, lodhra, Goghrita, Bidalaka, Spring catarrh.