Ayurveda- A Guide to Prevent Lifestyle Related Eye Disorders

With prompt economic development and increasing westernization,man has become his own rival by creating lots of hazards like inappropriate working patterns, unmanaged urbanization, and ineffective lifestyle transformations.In the past few decades, prevalence of lifestyle related diseases has reached alarming proportions.In this fast and advanced life we rarely pay attention tothe health of the most precious organ “Eyes”.Ayurveda is an integral and most ancient form of medical stream which is primarily aimed at prevention of disease & promotion of positive health.Its holistic approach towards positive life style creates its inevitable significance in the present scenario. Thorough eye care is described under “ShalakyaTantra”(one of the eight branches of Ayurveda).Vedic scienceoffers many safe, effective and simple techniques for maintaining visual health. These primitive approaches can be easily practiced in everyday life to prevent lifestyle related eye disorders. Ayurvedic perceptions regarding maintenance of eye health and prevention of eye disorders are explored in this article.