Ingredients · I-Care Eye Drops
Nineteen, and here they all are.
This page is the full composition of I-Care Eye Drops: five ingredients carried directly, fourteen more that the water base is extracted from. Every product we make gets a page like this one. Most brands in the category print four names on the website and leave the rest on the box.
- Directly
- Five
- In the extract
- Fourteen
- Base
- Aqueous, not oil
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Two kinds of ingredient.
- In short
I-Care Eye Drops is a nineteen-ingredient Ayurvedic proprietary medicine in an aqueous base. Five ingredients are carried directly — honey, rock salt, purified alum, purified borax and camphor. The other fourteen are plants the water base is extracted from, among them tulsi, both sandalwoods, the three fruits of Triphala, punarnava, bhringraj, neem, rose and turmeric.
What does “aqueous extract” mean?
It means the fourteen plants below are not powdered and stirred into the bottle. They are extracted into the water that the preparation is built on, and the five direct ingredients are carried in that.
The practical consequence is the one people ask about turmeric: a water-based drop cannot simply hold turmeric powder, and the extract is what allows haridra to be in the formulation at all.
Where are the percentages?
On the carton, where the regulator requires them and where you can read them the moment the parcel arrives.
On the site we argue from naming everything rather than from numbers. Nothing here is hidden by omission — the composition table is printed in full on the box that comes with the bottle.
The list
All nineteen, in order.
Sanskrit name first, then the botanical or common name, then what it is. Eighteen of the nineteen carry a classical reference — the verse where a text named in the First Schedule of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act places that ingredient in a preparation for the eye. The nineteenth, yavānī, has no such verse anywhere in the corpus, so it carries its guṇa-karma instead and says so plainly. Open any one and you get the śloka, what it says, and a photograph of the printed page it sits on. Nothing below says what an ingredient does to a person — that is the carton's job, and the carton says four things.
Carried directly
Five
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Madhu
Mel · honey
Honey, used in classical Ayurvedic eye preparations for a very long time. Here it is at a controlled strength inside a licensed formulation, which is not the same thing as honey from a jar.
Classical reference
ससैन्धवः क्रव्यभुगेणमांसयो-
र्हितः ससर्पिः समधुः पुटाह्वयः ।
वसाऽथ गृध्रोरगताम्रचूडजा
सदा प्रशस्ता मधुकान्विताऽञ्जने ॥ ३५ ॥Flesh of the vulture and of the eṇa deer with saindhava lavaṇa, ghee and honey (madhu), cooked by the puṭapāka method and applied to the eye; and the fat of vulture, serpent and cock with madhuka powder used as añjana — this destroys vātaja timira.
सुश्रुत संहिता · Sushruta Samhita, Uttaratantra, Adhyaya 17 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 35 — First Schedule A.34
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Saindhava lavan
Sodii chloridum · rock salt
Rock salt. Mineral salts are what let a water-based preparation sit comfortably against the surface of the eye rather than against it.
Classical reference
ससैन्धवः क्रव्यभुगेणमांसयो-
र्हितः ससर्पिः समधुः पुटाह्वयः ।
वसाऽथ गृध्रोरगताम्रचूडजा
सदा प्रशस्ता मधुकान्विताऽञ्जने ॥ ३५ ॥Saindhava lavaṇa (rock salt) is cooked with ghee and honey by the puṭapāka method and applied to the eye. In Shloka 43 of the same chapter, māgadha, mākṣika and saindhava with jāṅgala flesh are again made into a puṭapāka for the eye.
सुश्रुत संहिता · Sushruta Samhita, Uttaratantra, Adhyaya 17 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 35 — First Schedule A.34
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Sphatika shudh
Alumen · purified alum
Purified alum, a classical mineral ingredient prepared by the traditional shodhana process before it goes anywhere near a formulation.
Classical reference
सौवीराञ्जनतुत्थकशृङ्गीधात्रीफलस्फटिककर्पूरम् ॥
पञ्चांशं पञ्चांशं त्र्यंशमथैकांशमञ्जनं तिमिरघ्नम् ॥ ६६ ॥Sauvīrāñjana five parts, tuttha five parts, śṛṅgī and dhātrīphala three parts, and sphaṭika (alum) with karpūra one part — this añjana destroys timira.
अष्टाङ्ग हृदय · Ashtanga Hridaya, Uttarasthana, Adhyaya 13 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 66 — First Schedule A.4
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Tankan shudh
Sodii biboras · purified borax
Purified borax, prepared the same way. Both minerals are long-standing components of Ayurvedic ophthalmic preparations.
Classical reference
तद्वद्रामठटङ्कणकर्णमलं चैकशोऽञ्जनान्मधुना ॥ ११० ॥
Hiṅgu, ṭaṅkaṇa (borax) and cerumen, ground together with honey and applied to the eyes as añjana, destroys rātryandhatā — night blindness.
भैषज्य रत्नावली · Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Netraroga Chikitsa, Shloka 110 — First Schedule A.9
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Karpuram
Camphora officinarum · camphor
Camphor. This is the cooling note you feel in the first few seconds after the drop lands, and it is the reason the carton says “for cooling”.
Classical reference
सौवीराञ्जनतुत्थकशृङ्गीधात्रीफलस्फटिककर्पूरम् ॥
पञ्चांशं पञ्चांशं त्र्यंशमथैकांशमञ्जनं तिमिरघ्नम् ॥ ६६ ॥Karpūra (camphor) is the single-part member, with sphaṭika, of this añjana which destroys timira. Bhava Prakasha (folio 642) likewise calls a little karpūra with honey netra-prasādana — that which clarifies the eye.
अष्टाङ्ग हृदय · Ashtanga Hridaya, Uttarasthana, Adhyaya 13 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 66 — First Schedule A.4
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Processed into the aqueous extract
Fourteen
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Tulsi patra
Ocimum sanctum · holy basil leaf
Holy basil leaf, the most domestically familiar plant on this list — grown in courtyards across India and used in household preparations long before anyone wrote it on a carton.
Classical reference
फणिज्झकास्फोतकपित्थबिल्वपत्रपीलुसुरसार्जकभेदैः ।
स्वेदं विदध्यादथवा प्रलेपं बर्हिष्ठशुण्ठीसुरदारुकुष्ठैः ॥ २३ ॥The leaves of phaṇijjhaka, āsphota, kapittha, bilva, pīlu, surasā (tulasī) and arjaka — any one of these, ground and made pleasantly warm — are applied as sveda upon the eyelids in kaphaja netra-roga.
भैषज्य रत्नावली · Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Netraroga Chikitsa, Shloka 23 — First Schedule A.9
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Swet chandan
Santalum album · white sandalwood
White sandalwood. Cooling in the classical sense, and one half of the sandalwood pairing this formulation is built around.
Classical reference
शारिवापद्मकोशीरमुक्ताशाबरचन्दनैः ।
वर्तिः शस्ताऽञ्जने ॥ ६५ ॥A varti — a medicated wick — made with śārivā, padmaka, uśīra, muktā, śābara and candana (white sandalwood) is commended for use as añjana.
अष्टाङ्ग हृदय · Ashtanga Hridaya, Uttarasthana, Adhyaya 13 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 65 — First Schedule A.4
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Rakt chandan
Pterocarpus santalinus · red sandalwood
Red sandalwood, the other half. Both are used together rather than interchangeably, which is the traditional arrangement.
Classical reference
नीलोत्पलं विडङ्गानि पिप्पली रक्तचन्दनम् ।
अञ्जनं सैन्धवं चैव सद्यस्तिमिरनाशनम् ॥ १६३ ॥Nīlotpala, viḍaṅga, pippalī, rakta candana (red sandalwood), añjana and saindhava — this destroys timira at once.
वृन्द माधव (सिद्धयोग) · Vrinda Madhava (Siddhayoga), Netraroga-adhikara, Adhyaya 61, Shloka 163 — First Schedule A.46
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Haritaki
Terminalia chebula
The first of the three fruits of Triphala. Ayurveda has used the three together in eye preparations for centuries.
Classical reference
हितं च विद्यात् त्रिफलाघृतं सदा
कृतञ्च यन्मेषविषाणनामभिः ।
सदाऽवलिह्यात्त्रिफलां सुचूर्णितां
घृतप्रगाढां तिमिरेऽथ पित्तजे ॥ ३१ ॥Triphalā ghṛta is always beneficial, as is ghee prepared with meṣaśṛṅgī, in diseases of the eye; and in pittaja timira, well-powdered triphalā with copious ghee is taken regularly. Harītakī is the first of the three fruits of Triphalā.
सुश्रुत संहिता · Sushruta Samhita, Uttaratantra, Adhyaya 17 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 31 — First Schedule A.34
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Bahera
Terminalia bellirica
The second fruit of Triphala.
Classical reference
हितं च विद्यात् त्रिफलाघृतं सदा
कृतञ्च यन्मेषविषाणनामभिः ।
सदाऽवलिह्यात्त्रिफलां सुचूर्णितां
घृतप्रगाढां तिमिरेऽथ पित्तजे ॥ ३१ ॥Bibhītaka is the second of the three fruits of Triphalā, whose ghṛta this verse calls always beneficial in diseases of the eye.
सुश्रुत संहिता · Sushruta Samhita, Uttaratantra, Adhyaya 17 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 31 — First Schedule A.34
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Punarnava
Boerhaavia diffusa
The name means “renewing itself” — the plant dies back through the dry months and returns with the first rains. One of the largest botanical presences in the bottle.
Classical reference
कुमारिकाया ग्रन्थ्यग्निदग्धविस्फोटकाञ्जयेत् ॥
पुनर्नवायाः श्वेतायाः सर्वनेत्रामयापहः ॥ ७७ ॥The arka of kumārikā conquers glandular swellings, burns and pustules. The arka — the aqueous distillate — of white punarnavā removes all diseases of the eye. Arka Prakasha is the classical text on distillates, the same preparation class as a water-based drop.
अर्कप्रकाश · Arka Prakasha, Shloka 77 — First Schedule A.2
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Bhringraj
Eclipta alba
A marsh plant, better known in hair preparations, and a long-standing component of classical eye formulations too.
Classical reference
पिप्पलीत्रिफलालाक्षालौहचूर्णं ससैन्धवम् ।
भृङ्गराजरसे पिष्टं गुटिकाञ्जनमिष्यते ॥ ११४ ॥Pippalī, triphalā, lākṣā and lauha cūrṇa with saindhava, ground in the juice of bhṛṅgarāja and formed into a pill — this is used as añjana.
भैषज्य रत्नावली · Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Netraroga Chikitsa, Shloka 114 — First Schedule A.9
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Sobhanjan
Moringa oleifera · drumstick
Moringa. Ordinary enough to be dinner in half of India, and old enough in Ayurvedic practice to need no introduction there either.
Classical reference
बिल्वादिपञ्चमूलेन बृहत्येरण्डशिग्रुभिः ।
क्वाथ आश्च्योतने कोष्णो वाताभिष्यन्दनाशनः ॥ १६३ ॥A decoction of the bilvādi pañcamūla with bṛhatī, eraṇḍa and śigru (moringa), used as āśchyotana — instilled into the eye — while still slightly warm, destroys vātābhiṣyanda.
भावप्रकाश · Bhava Prakasha, Purva Khanda, Aschyotana-vidhi, Shloka 163 — First Schedule A.11
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Nimba
Azadirachta indica · neem
Neem. Present in a great many Ayurvedic preparations, and used here as part of the aqueous extract rather than as an oil.
Classical reference
शुण्ठीनिम्बदलैः पिण्डः सुखोष्णैः स्वल्पसैन्धवैः ।
धार्यश्चक्षुषि संक्षेपाच्छोथकण्डूव्यथापहः ॥ २४ ॥A piṇḍa of śuṇṭhī and nimba (neem) leaves with a little saindhava, made pleasantly warm and held upon the eye, removes swelling, itching and pain.
भैषज्य रत्नावली · Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Netraroga Chikitsa, Shloka 24 — First Schedule A.9
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Rose
Rosa damascena
Rose. The other cooling element alongside camphor and the two sandalwoods, and the one most people recognise by smell.
Classical reference
गुलाब के एक कर्ष शुद्ध अर्क में दस रत्ती फिटकरी का चूर्ण मिलाकर द्रव बना लें ।
इसको नयनामृत द्रव कहते हैं ।To one karṣa of pure rose (gulāba) arka add ten ratti of powdered phiṭkarī (alum) and make a liquid. This is called Nayanāmṛta Drava; instilled into the eyes with a bindukṣepaka yantra — an eye-dropper — it relieves abhiṣyanda, injury to the eye and swelling. Rasa Tarangini gives this as prose, not as a metrical verse.
रसतरङ्गिणी · Rasa Tarangini, Parishishta — Nayanamrita Drava. First Schedule A.22
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Lodhra
Symplocos racemosa
Bark of the lodhra tree, a classical astringent used in traditional eye and skin preparations.
Classical reference
ससैन्धवं लोध्रमथाज्यभृष्टं सौवीरपिष्टं सितवस्त्रबद्धम् ।
आश्च्योतनं तन्नयनस्य कार्यं कण्डूं च दाहं च रुजां च हन्यात् ॥ २६ ॥Saindhava and lodhra, roasted in ghee, ground in sauvīra and tied in a white cloth; the juice pressed from that bundle is to be instilled into the eye as āśchyotana — it destroys itching, burning and pain.
भैषज्य रत्नावली · Bhaishajya Ratnavali, Netraroga Chikitsa, Shloka 26 — First Schedule A.9
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Yamani
Trachyspermum ammi · ajwain
Ajwain seed, carried into the extract. Another kitchen plant that has been in the pharmacopoeia far longer than it has been in the spice rack.
Classical reference
यवानिकोग्रगन्धा च ब्रह्मदर्भाऽजमोदिका ॥ ७५ ॥
सैवोक्ता दीप्यका दीप्या तथा स्याद्यवसाह्वया ।
यवानी पाचनी रुच्या तीक्ष्णोष्णा कटुका लघुः ॥ ७६ ॥
दीपनी च तथा तिक्ता पित्तला शुक्रशूलहृत् ।
वातश्लेष्मोदरानाहगुल्मप्लीहकृमिप्रणुत् ॥ ७७ ॥Yavānī is pācanī and rucyā, tīkṣṇa and uṣṇa in potency, kaṭu in taste and laghu to digest; dīpanī and tiktā, and it destroys kṛmi. Those last properties — sharp, heating, kṛmi-praṇut — are the formulator's reason for its presence here. No classical text places yavānī in a preparation for the eye, and none is claimed. The usage notes closing the same entry (folio 29, the editor's commentary rather than the verse) record that its chutney is held useful for the dṛṣṭi, and that burned as a fumigant it purifies the air — neither of which is a preparation for the eye either. Yavānī is carried in I-Care as a proprietary addition.
भावप्रकाश, हरीतक्यादि वर्ग · Bhava Prakasha, Haritakyadi Varga, Shloka 75–77 — First Schedule A.11. Guṇa-karma only: searched across forty-nine First Schedule texts, including the complete Sushruta Samhita — both volumes, every sthāna, and the whole of the Uttaratantra — no eye-preparation reference exists.
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Haridra
Curcuma longa · turmeric
Turmeric, which most people stop reading at. It is part of the aqueous extract rather than a powder stirred in — that is what lets a water-based drop carry it at all.
Classical reference
विडङ्गपाठाकिणीहिङ्गुदीत्वचः
प्रयोजयेद् धूममुशीरसंयुताः ।
वनस्पतिकाथविपाचितं घृतं
हितं हरिद्रानलदे च तर्पणम् ॥ ४२ ॥Ghee cooked with a decoction of the kṣīrī (milk-exuding) trees together with a paste of haridrā (turmeric) and nalada is beneficial for tarpaṇa — the medicated retention bath of the eye.
सुश्रुत संहिता · Sushruta Samhita, Uttaratantra, Adhyaya 17 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 42 — First Schedule A.34
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Dhatriphal
Emblica officinalis · amla
Amla, the third fruit of Triphala. Haritaki, bahera and dhatriphal together are the classical triad, and all three are here.
Classical reference
सौवीराञ्जनतुत्थकशृङ्गीधात्रीफलस्फटिककर्पूरम् ॥
पञ्चांशं पञ्चांशं त्र्यंशमथैकांशमञ्जनं तिमिरघ्नम् ॥ ६६ ॥Dhātrīphala (āmalakī), with śṛṅgī, forms the three-part member of this añjana which destroys timira.
अष्टाङ्ग हृदय · Ashtanga Hridaya, Uttarasthana, Adhyaya 13 (Timira Pratishedha), Shloka 66 — First Schedule A.4
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The classical references report what a named book says on a named page. They are the textual basis of the ingredients, not evidence of any effect of this product. Verse numbering follows the edition cited; other editions number differently.
Traditional Ayurvedic preparation. External use only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult a qualified practitioner before use, particularly if pregnant, nursing, or taking medication. If you have a diagnosed eye condition, wear contact lenses, or use prescribed eye medication, speak to your ophthalmologist first — and take this list with you.
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