During one of my internet-surfing moments, as I was clicking mindlessly through social media, I came across an image that caught my eye:
Now, mind you, I have worked in an eye emergency room. My eyes are trained to think of the worst possible scenario that could happen to a person's eye at any given moment. So, hot ghee + an unprotected eye = instant palpitations. I have seen eye disasters, and this is how they start. The repercussions of recreating this method at home or without appropriate precautions could be devastating.
I googled where this idea originated. Turns out, it's an age-old Ayurvedic practice, but not one that has much research behind it.
In this video by Refinery29 (a digital media company), a young woman shares her struggles with dry eye disease. She mentions that she initially presented to her eye doctor and was told, "Oh, it's probably allergies"; an answer she thought to be untrue and unsatisfactory.
Her story is compelling: Her dry eyes affected her activities of daily living, much like many of our patients. She then states that she was looking for a "natural" alternative to eye drops and prescriptions so she turned to an Ayurvedic practitioner and massage therapist for
