STANDARDIZATION OF BIDALAKA KRIYAKALPA WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SAINDHAVADI YOGA - A PILOT STUDY

Abstract

Introduction- The kriya kalpa is the special therapeutic procedures which are the basis of the treatment of eye diseases. In the field of ophthalmology Acharyas have given equal importance to systemic and local administration of the drugs. It clearly indicates that during ancient time, Acharyas were well aware of the importance of the topical route in treating the ocular ailments. It is the need of hour to standardize Ayurvedic therapeutic procedures which have been mentioned in samhitas. There are regional variations in the application of these procedures, therefore a standard operating procedure need to be set or prepared to maintain uniformity around the world to maintain the quality standards. There are few work which have been done on the standardization of Tarpana, Ashchyotana ,Seka . Till now none of works has been done on standardization of Bidalaka . There is high demand to explore the scientific evaluation of Kriyakalpa procedures in order to get acceptance throughout the world. In present article sincere efforts has been made to standardize the Bidalaka netra kriyakalpa with specific reference to Saindhavadi yoga.
Materials & Methods- External application of Saindhavadi Bidalaka kriyakalpa was done on 09healthy volunteers and the observations were noted.
Results - The Particle size of powder- 60, 80, &100mesh no - in 5:2:1 ratio ,Thickness of Bidalaka –both 6.5mm and 5.0 mm ,Average Quantity of the powder required - 31gm (range 30-33gm.) for 6.5mm thickness & 24 gm (range 20-25gm) for 5.0 mm thickness,Average Proportion of Liquid- 26ml (range 24-28 ml) for 6.5mm thickness and 17ml (range 15-20ml) for 5.0 mm thickness,Average Retention time -24 minutes (range 20 -25 minutes) for 6.5mm thickness and 20 minutes (range 18 -22 minutes) for 5.0 mm thickness was finalized.