Abstract

STUDY OF JALAUKAVACHARAN IN SIRAJAAL WITH SPECIAL REFFERNCE TO THE EPISCLERITIS.

Dr. Santosh P. Rahinj and *Dr. Sarala G. Dudhat

Abstract

Episcleritis is one of the disease which is mainly characterised by redness, foreign body sensation, burning sensation with rarely occurring photophobia with pain and other symptoms lead to develop difficulty In vision. Episcleritis is cured modern medicine but there is a chances of recurrence of disease. In Ayurveda episcleritis is correlated with sirajaal disease, the disease of a shuklagata roga. As jalauka(leech) is useful for raktamokshan by which impure blood is removed from outer canthus of eye, which breaks the pathology of disease.

Keywords: episcleritis, sirajaal, jalaukavcharan.