Aschyotana is the procedure of instilling medicated eyedrops.

• Ref General Requirements SOP
• Liquid medicaments like Swarasa/Arka/ Gritha/ Ksheera/Kashaya
• Hot water for fomentation
• Gauze pad
• Cottonballs
• Gokarna
• Water bath
• Towel

Manpower

• Therapist-1
• Physician-1

Preparation of tray

• Take a clean tray.
• Put towel, medicine in bowl, gokarna, cotton balls, gauze pad

Preparation of patient

• Check vitals.
• Jeernaharalakshana assessed.
• Vegotsarga

• Patient is asked to lie in supine position
• The medicine is heated using a water bath.
• The required amount of medicine is droped into a gokarna.
• The eyelid of the patient is lifted using physicians left thumb and fingers.
• Using right hand, the medicine is instilled drop by dropon Kaninaka Sandhi.
• Similarly, the medicine is instilled in left eye.
• Medicine is instilled from a height of 2 Angula.
• It is retained for 100 Matrakala.
• The medicine remaining in the eye is wiped out with cotton balls.

• Hot fomentation is given around the eyes using gauze pad soaked in warm water.
• Do not apply pressure for fomentation. 

• 100 Matrakala

• Redness of eye
• Lacrimation
• Friction in the eyes
• Itching of eyes
• Pricking pain in the eyes

• At night
• Infectious eye disease

• Do not pour the medicine for aschyotana from height of more than 2 Angula.
• The drugs used for aschyotana should not be too strong, too hot, too cold, excessive or less and staying at one place without spreading all over.

• Too strong or too hot drugs cause burning, redness, ulceration, and loss of vision.
• Too cold substances cause lacrimation, friction, dull and constant pain.
• Excessive dosage causes dryness, constriction, throbbing, not able to withstand of opening the eyes, friction in the eyes etc.