Eye Diseases
1. Weak Eyesight
Causes
- Hypermetropia or long sightedness in which patients have difficulty focusing on objects closer in distance
- Myopia or near sightedness in which patients have difficulty focusing on objects far in distance.
- Refractive errors in eye may lead to weak eyesight
- In cases of astigmatism, cataract, and glaucoma.
Symptoms
- Blurred vision
- Straining of eyes while doing some reading
- Difficulty in doing work like sewing, stitching etc.
- Watering of eyes frequently
- Redness of eyes with pain
- Inability to read with perfection
- Partial or complete blindness
Treatment
Treat Your Eyes Right - While you may have heard it a thousand times, it is really important to eat right! Eating a healthy diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables will seriously help improve your eyesight and keep it from deteriorating. It is also important to eat the right vitamins to support eye health. Vitamins and minerals, such as Vitamin A, C, and E, are all important to eye health.
Rest Properly - Supporting your eye health is just one of the many benefits of getting enough sleep and taking breaks during the work day. While you shouldn’t be sleeping on the job, it is still important to rest your eyes once in a while! If you work on a computer all day, your eyes are probably under a lot of strain.
Perform Eye Exercises - One of the fastest ways to improve your vision naturally is to perform daily eye exercises. Eye exercises are meant to strengthen the eyes and improve vision. Using eye exercises can even eliminate your need for contacts or glasses. Get a regular schedule of eye exercises and try to do them daily – this will help you get in the habit of performing exercises and also help you achieve better vision fast.
2. Myopia
Causes
Symptoms
- Blurred vision
- Unclear vision of near objects
View Of Ayurveda
From Ayurvedic point of view, vision defects imply derangement of doshas. Alochak pitta that resides in eyes is resposible for vision. Vitiation of this pitta causes vision problems. Causes like excess use of eyes increase vata which then weakens the structures in eyes. Because of causes like lack of proper diet, alochak pitta and dhatus (tissues) in eyes do not receive proper nourishment and therfore fail to perform their functions properly. Improper food, hampered digestion etc may produce toxins which can block the channels and cause malnourishmment of optic tissues. So Ayurvedic treatment of optical problems includes balancing the body energies in addition to therapies that clear eye blockages, nourish and strengthen the optical nerves and tissues to enhance vision.
Diet & Lifestyle Advice
Protecting eyes from excess strain, dim light and other causes helps in reducing chances of getting myopia.
Using suitable eye drops and doing eye exercises reduces strain of eyes, improves their health and keeps vision intact for years. Ayurvedic therapies like Netratarpan also do the same.
Carrots, green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, berries, almonds etc which contain vitamin A and C are supposed to be good for eyes and vision. So including them is food is wise things to do.
Doing eye exercises from Yoga is beneficial for eyes.
Advisable Panchkarma For Disease :
Netra tarpan