A LITERATURE REVIEW ON MEDICATIONS MENTIONED FOR EYE DISEASES (KAN NOIGAL) IN SELECTED SIDDHA LITERATURES

BACKGROUND: Eye care and treatment has been given much prominence in the siddha system of medicine from time immemorial. The types of eye disorders, their etiology, treatment, and preventive measures to protect the eye from the diseases are all mentioned in various siddha literatures. OBJECTIVE: To provide an updated overview of medicines used for eye diseases in siddha literatures and to list out the medications used in eye diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data about eye diseases and its treatment are collected from Government Siddha Medical College Library, Central Council for Research in Siddha Library, Anna Centenary Library, Siddha literatures such as Agathiyar Nayana vidhi, Nagamuni Nayana vidhi, Sarabendra vaithiya muraigal (Nayana Roga Chigichai), Anuboga Vaithiya Navaneedham, Kannusamy Parambarai Vaithiyam etc and also the information about eye diseases is collected from the articles published in reputed journals such as Pubmed and google scholar. RESULT: The study will be useful for standardization and evaluation of eye medications and beneficial for future generations to carry out the research process on new eye medications. CONCLUSION: There is a need to understand the importance of routine eye care because any impairment in our vision leads to dependency on others. So I conclude that this study will be beneficial for routine eye care and the research process on new eye medications.