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Acupuncture Treatment For Myopia (Short-Sightedness)
Myopia , or nearsightedness, is a refractive error, which means that the eye does not bend or refract light properly to a single focus to see images clearly. In myopia close objects look clear but distant objects appear blurred.
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SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
TREATMENTS
SYMPTOMS
Myopia is usually diagnosed at school age. Often teachers notice the child’s inability to see the blackboard. The most common symptom and sign of myopia are :
– Distant object looked blurred
– Urge to squint the eye to see clearly
– Headaches due to unclear vision
– Reading very close to the book
– Watching TV at close distance
– Excessive eye blinking
CAUSES
Myopia happens because the eyeball is too long or the cornea is too curved. Because of this condition, the incoming light to the eye can not be focused correctly, so that distant object can not be seen clearly. The exact cause of myopia is unknown, but it is believed to be an inherited condition. However, people without the inherited factors can also develop myopia if they read, work at a computer, or watching TV.
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TREATMENTS
Related Acupuncture Points :
ST8 BL2 LI4 ST36 SP6 GV20
Acupuncture Treatment For Myopia (Short-Sightedness)
The treatment of acupuncture for the myopia disorder is consider to be effective, especially when it is done at the early stages of the disease. The condition happens due to the liver blood deficiency and inadequate kidney jing to nourish the eyes. The principles of the acupuncture treatment for myopia are to tonify the liver and kidney so that the eyes will be brightened. The acupoints used for the treatment along with its benefit are :
– UB1, UB2, and ST1 : regulate the qi and blood around eyes
– Qiu Hou point
– GB20 : activate the qi and blood circulation in the channels and collaterals and also brightening the eyes
– LU7 ,KI6, Liver3 : reinforce the eyes
– GB37 : effective for channel disease like myopia
– UB18 : tonify liver
– UB23 : tidney
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Footnotes
- Myopia (Nearsightedness) Definition, Causes and Treatment, http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/myopia.htm
- Myopia (Nearsightedness) Symptoms – myeyes.com, http://www.myeyes.com/myopia/myopia-symptoms.shtml
- Myopia (Nearsightedness) – American Optometric Association, http://www.aoa.org/patients-and-public/eye-and-vision-problems/glossary-of-eye-and-vision-conditions/myopia?sso=y
- Acupuncture.Com – Myopia (Near-Sightedness), http://www.acupuncture.com/Conditions/myopia.htm