Abstract
Vatahata vartma is a vataja vartmagata roga where there is drooping of the eyelids. Ptosis is an abnormal low
position of the upper lid; it may be congenital or acquired.The condition can be either uniocular or binocular.
The present article discusses a case of Vatahata vartma (uniocular involutional ptosis) where a male patient of 59
years visited opd with complaints of drooping of left upper eyelid associated with double vision of near objects since
1 month. Initially the patient was treated with amapachana chikitsa followed by bruhmana and vata shamana
chikitsa along with eye exercise of ocular muscles. After 2 weeks of treatment there was improvement in the grade
of ptosis. Eventhough acharya explained the disease as asadhya in nature; conservative management can be done
using ayurvedic principles in particular types of ptosis.This case study helps in exploring the effective
management of vatahata vartma(involutional ptosis) by applying vatahara treatment principles.
KEYWORDS: vatahata vartma,involutional ptosis,vatahara chikitsa