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The Eye of Ayurveda

The old building of the hospital - Supercool

Most people are metaphorically blind. The world would have been a far better place if people could really see. See. See the folly of hatred and that too in the name of gods. See the little child dying in the hut because of starvation while the country is spending enormous wealth on advertising its GDP. See the bloodstains on the walls of temples being built by a dictator. See the monstrous ego of that dictator who hoodwinks you with a tea stall story. A tall story and a distorted history.

When everybody around you turns blind, you begin to suspect your own sight. That’s how I visited an eye hospital and discovered that I was afflicted with cataract. “Nothing but a surgery can restore normal sight to your right eye,” I was told. I nodded assent to the prescription instantly because I wanted a proper vision in a country of apparently blind people. I longed to see. See clearly.

The surgery was done and my right eye got back its pristine 6/6 vision. But I continued to see waves of poison lashing against the shores of my oceans. My country’s oceans, rather. I continued to see fancy dresses masquerading as nationalist fervours.

And I decided to visit an Ayurvedic eye hospital. A colleague of mine recommended it, in fact. Her mother who is older than me got her cataract healed without surgery, she said. I was interested. One can always give it a try – that’s what I thought. And that’s how I landed at Sreedhareeyam, the “Eye of Ayurveda.”

After the prescribed 45 days of medication, I visited the hospital yesterday.

“How do you feel about your vision now?” The doctor asked.

“I think there’s some improvement,” I said.

He checked up my eye. “Not some improvement,” he said. “It’s a remarkable improvement. A kind of improvement that we don’t see normally.”

That was very reassuring. I recalled the news I had read just the other day about a Kenyan woman whose blindness was treated successfully at Sreedhareeyam.

Having bought the prescribed medicines for the next two months and feeling confident that my left eye will have a clear vision soon without a surgery, I decided to have a look at the hospital’s enchanting environment. Here are some pictures Maggie and I took from there.

One of the many wooden pillars of the old building

The entrance to the hospital


Rich families had their own deities in those days

A selfie that I love


 

Comments

  1. Hari OM
    As a retired medic who specialised in homoeopathics and other ancillary treatments, I heartily approve! My own experiene of Ayurveda is limited, but know many who benefitted greatly from treatments - and actually know two folk who have direct connection to this very institution with positive results. I wish you well for this!

    The building looks very traditional - and a wonderful backdrop to that lovely selfie! YAM xx

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    1. The hospital is a modern building with all modern facilities. This old building has been retained because of its historical value.

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  2. A person having
    Im-born connection with Ayurveda, the daughter of an Aurvedic medical practioner who pulled hundreds of people from the danger of death in our village, needless to say, how much I respect the Ayurveda tradition. I am happy you found relief at Shreesgariyam, about the place I have heard.

    However, I have no trust in the way, it's practiced presently in many centers priding on some ancient veteran names in the field, and manufacturing medicines and filling the shelf showing any honest info about the ingredients used, that has resulted in me throwing them into the waste bin that I collected from India under prescription and brought over here.

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    1. I went there more out of curiosity than anything else. When i saw the clientele - including foreigners - I was rather amazed.

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    1. The mind does have tremendous powers. But also certain limits.

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  9. Best Ayurvedic eye hospital in India
    There are some ophthalmic diseases, which lead to blindness. But if treated in time, with the skill of experience, the sight can be protected; at least, minimize the deterioration. The right treatment helps preserve your existing eyesight and then make your visual organ healthy. This approach helps to protect and improve your vision.
    At Matha ayurvedic eye hospital, all treatments are customized for each patient by the treating doctor. The clinical-stage of disease, other systemic complaints, dietary regime, and habitual factors are considered before deciding on a care plan.
    Matha was the first ayurvedic eye hospital to offer a specialty in ayurvedic eye treatment (or nethra chikitsa). Due to the large volume of eye patients coming to see our chief physician, Dr P K Santhakumari, Matha is known to many as kannashupathri (Malayalam for ayurveda eye hospital).
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    Diabetic Retinopathy
    Diabetic Retinopathy is caused due to prolonged high blood glucose levels. In diabetic eye disease, abnormal blood vessels develop that can break, bleed, and leak fluid. Sometimes tiny bulges called microaneurysms may protrude from the vessel walls. This leads to leakage or oozing of fluid and blood into the retina. This fluid causes edema in the central part of macula leading to diabetic macular edema. Regaining the lost ability to see depends on the clinical stage when a patient starts treatment.
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    Macular degeneration is now one of the major causes of blindness. It is now in the first place among the causes of blindness in the working group of the population. It is a degenerative eye disease where patients easily miss the early stage. This is because there is no serious visual problem in this very early stage. Hence it is important to see your eye doctor regularly to find early warning signs. As the condition progresses, patients experience wavy and blurred vision. The next stage is loss of central vision.

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