A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON CORNEAL DISEASES IN AYURVEDA

Abstract

Cornea is a transparent anterior one-sixth outer fibrous coat of the eye ball which is called Krishna mandala in Ayurveda, resembles a watch-glass in the wrist watch. The diseases of Cornea are due to damage to the Cornea by various causative factors that result in loss of transparency of the Cornea and progress into different stages of disease condition. These different stages of corneal diseases stand a major role in classification of corneal diseases in Ayurveda, i.e; Krishnagata Rogas. Out of total 76 eye diseases mentioned by Sushruta, he had enumerated Krishnagata Netra Roga as 4 in number. Vagbhata had enumerated total eye diseases as 94 among them 5 types of Krishnagata Netra Roga. A comprehensive literary study of assorted text books of Ancient Medicine in view of analogy between Allopathic corneal disorders and Ayurvedic Krishnagata Roga. The purpose of this comprehensive study is paralleling of corneal diseases in both the systems of medicine. The academic Ayurvedic manuscripts had ordered the corneal ailments in a serial and accelerating manner in which one condition will lead to next reciprocal stage of the disease. In a complimentary manner, an attentive effort has been executed to parallel the corneal ailments in both the Systems of Medicine. For the comparison of corneal disorders in both the systems of medicine, the clinical symptoms, advancement of disease, prognostic causes, and management have been considered.