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    A clinical study on the effect of Nasya and Anjana Karma in the management of Kācha with special reference to Immature Senile Cataract.
    (Department of Shalya Shalakya,Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute,University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka, 2017) Surangi, K.G.; Shamsa, F.
    Shalakya Tantra deals with diseases occurring above the clavicle, especially in the sensory organs. The disorders which cause partial or complete visual disturbances are known as Drishtigata Roga. According to Vagbhata, the third Patalagata Timira is known as Kācha which is characterized by gradual loss of vision and Rāgaprāpta Drishti. In cataract, the crystalline lens become colored due to opacications and the main feature of immature cataract is gradual diminision of vision. Hence the third Patalagata Timira can be correlated with the Immature Senile Cataract. Cataract is the world's leading cause of blindness affecting an estimated 20 million people which is expected to increase to 50 million by the year 2020. Current study was carried out with the aim of evaluating the role of Navapatala Varti Anjana, Śatāvaryādi Chūrņa and Śrińgaverādi Nasya in the management of Kācha. A trial was conducted with 30 patients attending the Shalakya Department of NIA, Jaipur as per the exclusion and inclusion criteria. Assessments were done before (BT) and after (AT) completion of treatment and after the follow up period using SPSS 2016. Perturbed vision, blurred distant vision and eye straining achieved highly signicant results and signicant results in blurred near vision, diplopia. Statistically highly signicant results were found in Posterior Subcapsular (PSC) and nuclear types of cataracts and statistically signicant results in cortical type as compared to BT Vs. AT while PSC achieved highly signicant results and other two types found statistically signicant results as compared to AT Vs after the follow up period. Hence immature cataract can be successfully and sustainably managed by the selected medicines.
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    Effect of Ayurvedic medicine in the management of Vartma Sharkara with special reference to conjunctival concretions.
    (Department of Shalya Shalakya,Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute,University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka, 2017) Surangi, K.G.; Shamsa, F.
    Vartma Sharkara is one of the Sannipataja Vartmagata Roga and is a curable disease by Lekhana Karma (scraping procedures). It can be correlated with “conjunctival concretion” which is a degenerative condition of the conjunctiva. Treatments are not essential if it is asymptomatic but if it gives symptoms, concretions should be removed by hypodermic needle which causes conjunctival damages and sometimes conjunctival inammation. Thus this study was designed to develop a successful, safe and sustainable line of treatment in the management of conjunctival concretion according to the principles of Ayurveda. The study was carried out as case studies with 10 patients at the eye OPD of NIA, Jaipur as per the exclusion and inclusion criteria. All the assessments were done with self-designed scoring system as before treatment, after treatment and after the follow up period. The line of treatment was mainly focused on Shodhana, Lekhana and Santarpana type of medicines. Hence Samudraphena Varti Pratisarana and Anjana, Thriphaladi Netra Parisheka and Ashwagandha–Shatavari powders were selected. The duration of trial depended upon the severity of the disease. The uniqueness of this therapy was that conjunctival concretion can be removed without causing any damage to the conjunctiva and without antibiotics being given. The number of times of Pratisarana depended on the severity of the disease. Those which were at the level of conjunctiva were managed by using Samudraphena Varti Anjana. Rasayana property was helpful for preventing recurrence. It can be concluded that Vartma Sharkara or conjunctival concretion can be successfully managed with Ayurvedic treatments without any adverse effects.