Tarpan

Indications for Tarpana eye care procedure:
When the eyes are fatigued, stiff, dry, rough or injured;
in patients of increase of Vata and Pitta;
when there is irregularity – Asymmetry or loss of eye Lashes,
in clouded unclear vision;
in patients of – diseases like
Krchronmilla –difficulty in opening eyes
Shiraharsha, Shirotpata – redness and hemorrhage
Tama – darkness in front of eyes
Arjuna,Syanda, Mantha, Anyato Vata, Vataparyaya, and Sukraka;
After relief from redness lacrimation, pain, swelling and exertions.

Tarpana procedure – The patient should undergo purification of head – Nasya treatment and also purification of body – Vamana and Virechana. Time for Tarpana can be either morning or evening.
The patient is lying with his face upwards in a room devoid of breeze. 1-3 ½
A wall is constructed with the paste prepared from Yava (barley) and Masha (black gram) around eye socket –resembling a well to a height of two Angula –finger breadth.
Keeping the eyelids closed, medicated herbal ghee, which is liquefied by heating in hot water bed, should be poured into the well up to the level of tips of the eye lashes.
In diseases like Naktandhya (night blindness), Vatatimira, Krichradodha etc. muscle fat should be used instead of ghee.
The patient should then be asked to open his eyes slowly and retain the drug .
Matrakala- time required to utter a soft syllable should be counted up to
100 – for the diseases of Vartma – eye lids
300 – for the diseases of Sandhi – fornices
500 – for the diseases of Sita – sclera
700 – for the diseases of Asita – cornea
800 – for the diseases of Drishti – pupil, retina etc.
1000 – for the disease Adhimanta