Eye Care and Treatments : Always make efforts to protect your eyes throughout your lifetime. Without sight, day and night are the same. Money is meaningless if you cannot enjoy the gift of sight. You can protect and maintain the health of your eyes with the following methods: l Cleanse your eyes by using Triphala, a combination of three drugs – Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), Vibhitaki (Terminalia belerica) and Amalaki (Emblica officinalis).
- Keep your mind relaxed .
- Use anjana or application of collyrium.
- Do nasya or nasal instillations.
- Take shaku nashana or intake of bird’s meat.
- Do pada abhyanga or foot massage.
- Also udvartana or dry/powder massage.
- Prakshalana or sprinkling of oil/kashaya.
- Padaraksha or wearing footware.
- Gritha sevana or regular intake of ghee
Avoid straining the eyes by taking improper food or looking at bright, moving or minute objects. This is recommended by Acharya Nimi to protect your eyes. Read More