Mild pouring of herbal decoction through the inner corners of the eyes is the core of this treatment. It is an excellent treatment for many common eye ailments. Pain, itching, watering, burning sensation, and reddish discoloration of the eyes are treated by this therapy. It cleans and removes various impurities from the eyes. The decoction used for this is made from black raisins, liquorice, berberis,myrobalan, lodh,sandalwood and honey.
Being a cleansing treatment, Netradhara is generally done prior to many other eye treatments. Though the treatment process is quite simple, the accompanying results are superb.
Medicinal decoction is carefully poured through the inner end of the eye and let to flow through the whole eye. The process is repeated for both eyes, a number of times. Medicine enters the channels of eyes and head, washes out the dirt and at the same time reduces inflammations, if any.
The cooling effect of the herbs and healing power of honey, combined, gives a wonderful feeling to the person's eyes.