A Survey on prakriti and its relation with ashru

This is observational servey type of study. According to our Ayurvedic classics our Acharyas have given many tools to assesses the Prakruti, but no where Ashru has been mentioned in that list of tools. Now a days in this catastrophic era due to extensive exposure of eye to different types of Video display terminals (VDT), which influences the Ashru. there is a need to study any relation between ashru and prakriti. Aim of the study isTo study the role of Ashru in Prakriti Pareekshana . As per my knowledge till now only one study is done on Ashru and Ashru Marga, so in the present survey we would like to study Ashru and its relationship with *Prakriti .*In this study 100 healthy volunteers will be selected aged between 18 to 40 years.Written informed Consent and Case record proforma will be prepared.  Prakriti of the selected volunteers will be accessed by using CCRAS format of prakritiparikshana.Ashru of the selected volunteers will be accessed by Schirmers test. 

Schirmers test::- It measures total tear secretions. It is performed with the help of a 5 × 35 mm strip of Whatman-41 filter paper which is folded 5 mm from one end and kept in the lower fornix at the junction of lateral one-third and medial two-thirds. Then asked patient to look up and not to blink or close the eyes. After 5 minutes wetting of the filter paper strip from the bent end is measured. Statistical analysis will done by ANOVA test.