Abstract

A DEEP DIVE INTO THE DISEASE ARMD- FROM A AYURVEDA POINT OF VIEW WITH MANAGEMENT

Aishwarya K. Sunil*

Abstract

The deterioration of vision in elderly people is of a major concern as in a state of debility loosing vision proves to be really difficult to be on their own. As the age progresses all structures of the eye gets affected. By the age of fifty, one in every three has some vision impairing eye disease. Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) occurs in about 1.7% of all individual aged over 50 years and in about 18% over 85 years. Even though treatment modalities are available in modern medicine, results are barley noticed and are quite expensive. In Ayurveda ARMD is correlated as different stages of Timira with progression to Kacha. Here is an attempt to better understand ARMD as a disease in ayurveda and a considerable line of management including Kriyakalpas for the same.

Keywords: ARMD, Timira, Kacha, Kriyakalpas.