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These include <jats:italic>Carum copticum, Terminalia belirica, Emblica officinalis, Curcuma longa, Ocimum sanctum, Cinnamomum camphora, Rosa damascena<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>meldespumapum.<\/jats:italic> These herbs reportedly possess antiinfective and antiinflammatory properties. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the role of this herbal product in a variety of eye ailments. Side effects, if any, were noted during the study. An improvement was observed with the treatment of the herbal eye drop treatment in most cases.<\/jats:p><jats:p>There were no side effects observed during the course of the study and the eye drop was well tolerated by the patients. The herbal eye drop Ophthacare<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> has a useful role in a variety of infective, inflammatory and degenerative ophthalmic disorders. 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