The Impotance of Nasyakarma in Netrarogas.

Ayurveda is the science that deals with different kinds of treatment modalities/Karmas. The importance of eye was emphasized in ayurveda by quoting eye as the most important of all the sense organs: “Sarvendriyanam madhye nayanasya pradhanatvath” [1]- eyes hold special status among all the sense organs. Of all the others, Netra, must be treated with great care. On the basis of Sadhyasadhyata, Acharya Sushruta divided the Netra Rogas into Aushadha Sadhya Vyadhis, Shastra Sadhya Vyadhis, and Asadhya Vyadhis. Nasya is very important in the Aushadha Sadhya Vyadhis. Nasya ‟being prime therapy for maintaining the health of Urdhvajatru”, because the only Karma, which finds a place in simple references like “Dinacharya” and the most sophisticated places like Panchakarma. The therapy of Netra Roga is decided using the Ama-Nirama principle of Sthanika Dosha. Nasya Karma is one of the Shodhana Karmas that can be used for this. Nasya is the noninvasive method that bypass the blood brain barrier and targets drugs to the central nervous system to treat neurodegenerative disorder as eye resides in head, thus Nasya can be one of the prime procedure to treat eye health and eye disorder.