Netra or Akshitarpana is a unique process of application of the sneha (medicated ghee) to the eyes. This procedure is useful in healthy as well as diseased people. In healthy people akshitapana is carried out to protect the eyes from degeneration due to the aging process and to improve the eyesight. The therapeutic effect is advocated for clients suffering from disease of the eye. The eye is considered to be a local route for drug administration. Thus akshi-tarpana gives desired results in clients suffering from eye disease.

Benefits of Akshitarpana

• Darkness infront of eye              Stiffness of eye
• Dryness of eye                           Injury to the eye
• Squint                                         falling of eye lashes
• Blurring of vision                         Orbital cellulites
• Difficulty in opening & closing     Conjuntivitis
• Glaucoma                                    Fifth cranial nerve atrophy
• Opacity of cornea                       Watering of eye
• Painfull eye                                 Swollen eye