APPLICATION OF GARIKADI BIDALAKA IN KAPHAJ ABHISHYANDA (BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS): A CASE STUDY

Abstract

Conjunctivitis is a common eye disease seen worldwide. Kaphaja Netra Abhishyanda is defined in Ayurveda as a disease affecting all parts of the eye characterised by Guruta (heaviness of lids), Kandu (itching), Pichila (repeated lacrimation), Alpa Vedana (Foreign body sensation) photophobia and burning sensation in eyes etc. Reviewing the clinical presentation from modern texts, it is found that it resembles Bacterial conjunctivitis. Infections spread all over the eye, not treated on time, thereby also affecting the adjacent vision at the same time. 30% of patients are affected by frequent episodes with intense and persistent symptoms. Here, local conjunctival tissues get inflamed and secondary infections occur. The most common causative organisms are Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Haemophilus influenza, Neisseria meningitis, and Corynebacterium diphtheriae. An ocular therapeutic called Bidalaka is the application of medicated paste on the eye's outer surface expect eyelashes. Bidalaka is indicated in inflammatory conditions of the eyes. A 24-year-old female patient diagnosed with bacterial conjunctivitis on clinical presentation was advised Gairikadi Bidalaka for five days. The signs & symptoms were reduced to a very mild degree. The result proved to be effective based on clinical assessment.