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Changing lifestyles invariably cause metabolic changes that influence the functioning of eye, resulting in diseased state. Along with lifestyle changes food habits, environmental pollution, industrial and occupational hazards as well as the increased use of systemic and topical medicines made the prevalence of eye diseases very common. Dry eye disease is a common yet frequently un-recognized clinical condition in which the etiology and management challenge clinicians and researchers alike. Epidemiological studies of Dry eye syndrome in the United States and other countries suggest wide differences in prevalence. As such definitions of Dry eye syndrome have differed from study to study, making results incomparable. Tear substitutes and tear stimulants are the main stay of medical management. But these tear lubricants are failed to reproduce the tears, because the natural tear are the complex mixture of lipids, mucin and water. Acharyas has shared very comprehensive idea of dry eye and the treatment strategy for it. Description as per Susrutha Samhita points towards the early phase of the disease (dryness), whereas the Vagbhata's view reflects the advanced phase of the disease with predominance of paka (inflammation). Treatment is designed to relieve the dosha vitiation leading to Dry eye, there by treating the disease at its root. Absence of preservatives and cost effectiveness is an added advantage of Ayurvedic treatment of Dry eye. Yastimadu sarkara sidha Ksheerapaka is mentioned for all the Netrarogas in the form of Seka. Jeevanthyadi ghruta is mentioned in the context of Sushkakshipaka for internal administration. So this study is aimed to prove the effectiveness of these unique drugs in the management of dry eye.