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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3085</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.12228</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>An Ayurvedic Protocol to Manage Myopia in Children: A Case Series&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Parameswaran</surname><given-names>Sreekanth Nelliakkattu</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Aravind</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sukumaran</surname><given-names>Krishnendu</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>24</day><month>11</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>2)</volume><issue/><fpage>57</fpage><lpage>65</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Myopia is one of the leading causes of visual impairment in children, especially schoolchildren. The most common management option is prescription of corrective spectacles, but these neither correct nor prevent progression of the error. The cardinal symptom of myopia, the inability to see distant objects, may be compared with Timira (blurring of vision) in Ayurveda. Case Series: The cases of three children who presented to Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Eye Hospital with the blurring of vision and who were diagnosed with myopia are presented here. Intervention: The children underwent specially tailored Ayurvedic treatment protocols, which included oral medicines, Netra Kriyakalpa (ocular therapeutics), and treatments for the head. Results: Improvement in visual acuity and refraction was observed at the end of the treatments. Multiple follow-ups demonstrated either improvement or maintenance of visual acuity. Conclusion: The main challenge for the patients was maintaining and improving vision. The results of the series indicate the potential of Ayurvedic treatments to both manage myopia and to maintain, and improve in some cases, vision in children.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Case report</kwd><kwd> Timira</kwd><kwd> Kriyakalpa</kwd><kwd> Complementary and alternative medicine</kwd><kwd> Myopia</kwd><kwd> Children</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
