Ayurveda and Eye Treatment is a podcast on the specialty of Eye treatment in Ayurveda. The podcast aims to give insights about treatment of eye diseases in Ayurveda. 

This is the first part of our podcast series on Diabetic Retinopathy. Dr Santhakumari introduces about the general concept of Ayurvedic management of diabetic retinopathy. This episode gives an introduction about ayurvedic concept of diabetic retinopathy. Dr Santhakumari explains that the diagnosis is actually the analysis of signs & symptoms, and clinical stage on the basis of ayurvedic theory of Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Ayurveda is NOT depending on a single terminology such as diabetic terminology for treatment. So many factors are to be considered such as body constitution (i.e. dosha prakriti of the patient), chronicity, severity and clinical stage of the disease, dietary and habitual factors of the patient, professional and mental status of patient etc. All these factors are capable of making changes in signs and symptoms. By analyzing these signs and symptoms, the vitiated dosha, i.e. vata, pitta and kapha is found out first. After that only, treatment plan is charted out. 

This official podcast of Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital is brought to you by Prof Dr P K Santhakumari. Dr P K Santhakumari is an academician, Ayurvedic Ophthalmologist and an author. She has a total experience of more than 40 years in the field of Ayurvedic Eye Treatments. During the first part of her career, she worked for 28 years with Government Ayurveda Medical College, Kerala. She is the recipient of "Legend Shalaki" award, which is the highest honor awarded by Legal and qualified Practitioners of Shalakya (ophthalmology and ENT Specialty of Ayurveda). She is also the first recipient of Best Teacher award from the domain of Ayurveda from Govt of Kerala.  She is also the author of "A Textbook of ophthalmology in Ayurveda". This is an approved syllabus textbook for students of B.A.M.S in India. Dr Santhakumari is the founder of Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital.

Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital & Panchakarma Centre is an Ayurvedic hospital and Treatment centre in Trivandrum (Kerala, India). Matha operates two units in trivandrum. Matha is NOT a resort, NOT a tourist destination, NOT a spa. It is a genuine ayurvedic treatment centre. Do not expect any luxury at Matha. Our core focus is ayurvedic treatments. Everything else is secondary to us.

Matha has its own ayurvedic medicine manufacturing unit. All medicines prescribed for patients at Matha are hand made at this facility under the watchful eyes of doctors. We still follow the age old production methods for medicine preparation. To maintain quality, we prepare only in small batch size, and our medicines are not sold outside.

The host for this podcast is Arunjith Puthussery, Healthcare Manager of Matha.

To contact Dr Santhakumari, you can write a mail to doctor@mathaonline.com. To schedule a medical consultation, you can either fill out our consultation request form at https://www.mathaonline.com/online-consultation/ or contact the medical helpline of Matha (by phone or whatsapp between 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Indian Time) - (+91) 9847195533.