dry eyes

[Guest guest]

Hello all,

 

I am new to this group and don't know much about Ayurveda-Medicin at all.

But I am willing to learn.

Lateley I have a bit of a problem with my eyes, they getting really dry and

sting like needels.

I live in Australia the humidity is very low at the moment, because of the

winter season.

I would appreciate your help.

 

Blessings and Love

 

from URSULA

[Guest guest]

Hello Ursulla,

Please understand that these dry eyes are because of less secretion

of tear glands.Well ,in ayurveda we advocate certain procedures for

that , but since you are quite far away distance I can't advocate

them.Instead I can suggest you to take 1/2 teaspoon of TRIPHALA

CHOORNA & 1/4 teaspoonful of Cows Ghee only in the late evening every

day.Please put artificial tear preparations & on closed eyes put a

cotton pad soaked in a rose water.

Pl. mail me after a week on ayurinstitute

Take care !!

Thanking you,

With warm regards,

 

PROF. DR. AASHISH PHADKE.

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ayurveda, Ursula Wyss

<lustigenudel> wrote:

 

> Lateley I have a bit of a problem with my eyes, they getting really

dry and

> sting like needels.

> I live in Australia the humidity is very low at the moment, because

of the

> winter season.

> I would appreciate your help.

>

> Blessings and Love

>

> from URSULA

[Guest guest]

dear vibhuti

 

"dry eye syndrome" is an unfortunately common disorder than tends to

affect people as they age

 

from an ayurvedic perspective, dry eye relates to a deficiency of the

viscous, slippery component of kapha that moisturizes and protects

delicate tissues, including the brain and spinal cord; thus dry eyes

are really symptomatic of a larger issue that needs to be addressed

 

a deficiency of the mucin, oils and/or water in the eye that promotes

dry eye can be caused by many factors, such as forced air heat, a

dry/dusty environment, lack of sleep, staring a computer monitors too

long, and dehydration

 

other possible causes of dry eye include Sjorgen's syndrome( an

autoimmune disease of mucus membranes), menopause and Reynauld's

syndrome

 

if untreated, dry eye leads to a worsening of eye health and can

eventually lead to blindness

 

treatment consists largely of restoring the proper quality and quantity

of kapha in the eye, or in other words, building up ojas

(in chinese medicine such eye diseases are associated with a yin/blood

deficiency, which have a similar function as kapha, lubricating and

nourishing tissues)

 

to this end, one of the best remedies is ghee, prepared as a collyrium

(eye salve) with herbs such as triphala and daruharidra

but perhaps the best treatment is fresh breast milk - it may sound

weird but there is nothing a soothing to the eyes as human milk, which

has a well-established reputation in ayurveda as an eye medication; as

an alternative consider fresh goat's milk

 

dry eye is often caused by a vitamin A deficiency (described in

ayurveda as shuskakshipaka) and for this you may find that

supplementing with at least 10,000-20,000 IU of vitamin A daily is very

helpful - a key nutrient in almost any eye disease

 

besides vitamin A, key nutrients that are well-established factors in

dry eye syndrome include insufficient protein (esp. taurine), vitamins

B6, C and E, potassium and zinc, as well as carotenoids like beta

carotene and more recently others such as lycopene, lutein and

zeaxanthin; gamma linoleic acid (GLA), found in evening primrose, black

current and borage seed oils is also very helpful

 

as far as herbs go, select those that build up ojas including shilajitu

and shatavari, with cleansers such as triphala and haridra

in chinese medicine they use herbs that build up yin and blood like dan

gui, he shou wu, american ginseng, wolfberry and peony root

also they use tian men dong (Asparagus cochinchinensis), which is the

same as shatavari (Asparagus racemosa)

 

> Can you please suggest an internet site which explains about ayurvedic

> view of eyes and its various diseases. I am perticularly looking for

> remedy of dry eyes. I found an article in the archive of this group,

> written by Dr Bhate. But it does not deal with disease and medication.

> Vibhuti

Caldecott

todd

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