Haridra (curcuma longa) and its effect on abhisayanda (conjunctivitis)

C Srinivas; K V Prabhakaran

Haridra (curcuma longa) and its effect on abhisayanda (conjunctivitis)

Anc Sci Life. 1989 Jan;8(3-4):279-82.

Authors

C Srinivas¹, K V Prabhakaran

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophtalmology, Govt. Nizamia General Hospital/Ayurvedic College, Hyderabad 500 002, India.

PMID: 22557662
PMCID: PMC3336727

Abstract

50 cases of conjunctivitis studies comparatively with Haridra Eye Drops and with Soframycine Eye Drops, Clinically and bacteriologically observed that Haridra Eye Drops has a definite role on conjunctivitis. Bacteriological study shows the Haridra has a role to act on E. Coli, St. Aureus Klebshella and pseudomonas organisms.