Dr GG Gangadharan is a respected Ayurvedic doctor and deputy director of the Foundation for the Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) in Bangalore. Earlier he was with the Arya Vaidya Pharmacy in Coimbatore. Dr GG, as he is popularly known, answers queries from readers seeking effective alternative remedies.
For that perfect vision
I am suffering from conjunctivitis since the past three days. Although my condition is a little better my eye is still red and inflamed. I get conjunctivitis every year during the rainy season. Please tell me what is the best way to treat conjunctivitis and how can I prevent this disease from recurring every year?Conjunctivitis is a seasonal disease and more common immediately after summer. The best medicine for this is the flower juice of Nandyarvattom (Tabernaemontana coronaria). The juice of the white flower is very cooling and gives instant relief for the irritation of the eyes. Do not take a head bath when you have conjunctivitis. To prevent conjunctivitis from recurring it is advisable to take one Ayurvedic purgation to clear the bowels before the onset of the monsoon. If conjunctivitis is around wash your eyes with a decoction of Thriphala, which is well filtered and lukewarm. Take fresh juice of gooseberry (Amla) for two weeks.
I am a 32-year-old working woman and I am a regular user of soft contact lenses. Although the lenses are more comfortable than spectacles my eyes get an allergy every few months. As a result, I have to discontinue use of lenses and apply several bottles of eye drops. Please tell me if there is any natural way to strengthen my eyes so that I don’t acquire allergies.
Do dhara (pouring of liquid continuously) on both eyes with a decoction made of Thriphala. Do it every day. Whenever you drive or go out wear glasses. To strengthen your eyes internally take Thriphaladi Choornam with honey at night followed by a cup of milk. Do it for three months every year.
My 12-year-old son has weak eyesight. In the past four years his myopia has increased to minus six from minus two. I have tried to stop him from watching too much TV or sitting for long in front of the computer without much success. How can I prevent his eyesight form getting worse?
Give him one teaspoon of Mahathraiphala Gritham at night at bedtime followed by a cup of milk and apply Thriphaladi coconut oil on head half an hour before bath every day. Every year give him Nethra tharpanam (keeping the ghee in the eye making some boundaries around the eyes with a paste, so that the oil can stay in the eye socket, thus immersing the eyes in the ghee) with Thriphaladi Gritham for 30 minutes for 7 days.
My 78-year-old grandmother has weak eyesight. She is very myopic and can’t read without her glasses also. But most of all she is very worried about getting cataract. Is there any preventive medicine for cataract, which I can give my grandmother?
An experienced doctor can give preventive medicine for cataract. There is one eye drop, which can prevent further growth/maturity of cataract. Please contact Dr. BG Gokulan, Mobile No. 09447163071 at Sudarshanam Nethra Chikitsalayam, Kerala.
I am a 17-year-old male student studying architecture in Delhi. I have developed a stye near my lower eyelid. Please could you suggest some eye drops or ointment to make it subside since it has grown quite large and is affecting my vision. Also, please tell me if the appearance of a style is due to dust since I travel long distance to college.
It can be due to regular exposure to dust and particles. Clean your eyes every day. If you can make a paste of Hareethaki (Terminalia chebula) with lime juice, just apply it on the stye and leave it to dry. Do it for 14 days. Also sprinkle the decoction of Thriphala on your eyes with slight force. Use glasses whenever you go out.
E-mail: vaidya.ganga@frlht.org
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