Category: Eyes

Jan 26

Massage Therapy For Eye



Panchkarma is the process, which finds and cures the root cause of a problem by maintaining the correct balance of ‘Tridosha’ in body. Pancha Karma is not only good for alleviating disease but also beneficial during periods of transition whether it is a change of season or change in your personal/professional life like marriage, divorce or a transition into a new phase of your life. This therapy helps to remove the undesired elements from the body, enhance digestion and improve metabolic process through food herbal medicines. Panchkarma means the five therapies:

1) Vamana (therapeutic vomiting or emesis)

2) Virechana (purgation)

3) Nasya (elimination of toxins through nose)

4) Vasti (enema)

5) Raktamoskshana (detoxification of blood)

EYES AND PANCHKARMA

Eyestrain due to TV, computer, pollution, watering of eyes, dimness of vision, formation of cataract are some of the eye diseases cured by panchkarma.

Netratarpan- it is one of the therapeutic processes for the treatment of eye. It cleanses eyes by bathing them in pure medicated ghee. It gives a cooling effect to the eyes and strengthens optic nerve thus improving eyesight.

Akshitarpan

Akshi’ means eyes, Tarpan means nutrition. This is a process where herbally medicated Ghee is poured over the eyes and fresh black gram paste is applied. Netravasti is a treatment for the eyes. To undergo this treatment the patient is made to lie on his back on the droni as in Urovasti. A receptacle is built around the eyes with black gram dough for the retention of the medicated ghee (ghritam) used in the therapy. The receptacle around the eyes should be one and half inches high and totally leak – proof. After the ghee is poured over the patient’s closed eyes, he/she is asked to open them slowly. The ghee is normally kept in the receptacle for less than 5 minutes after which it is gently removed while the patient keeps his eyes closed. Exposure to strong sunlight must be avoided for sometime after this treatment. Netravasti is indicated for glaucoma, conjunctivitis and night blindness.

Dhara

Dhara is the pouring of warm medicated oil or an herbal decoction over the body. Dhara with oil is one among the major oil therapies. While in Shirodhara oil is poured only on the forehead, in Sarvangadhara, it is poured all over except on the head. However, any dhara with oil is generally called Snehadhara.

When medicated buttermilk replaces oil (Sneha), the therapy is called Takradhara. If medicated milk is used instead of medicated oil, then the process is called ‘Ksheeredhara’. All types of dhara are useful for eye diseases.Extracts of herbs that possess preventive and curative properties are used for Netradhara. The procedure of the treatment is very simple. A stream of herbal extract is gently poured into the eyes of the patient who lives on the droni. The patient is made to lie on both sides in order that both eyes are thoroughly washed. The extract is poured through a funnel made of leaf of jackfruit tree. Any device that lets out a small, continual flow may substitute for the leaf funnel.

Shirovasti

Shirovasti is considered more of a palliative (Shamana) Treatment than an eliminative (Shodhana) and Sudation (Swedana).

A leather sleeve of about 6 to 8 inches in length is placed on the shaven head of the patient and a band (Vartti) tied around the forehead to keep it in place. Kneaded dough is used to line the inside of this sleeve and ensure that it does not leak. Oil is then poured into the sleeve and allowed to remain on the head for a while. The oil commonly used is Ksheerabala or Dhanwantaram. The length of time the oil should be kept there is determined by the severity of the disease. Usually it is upto 15 minutes for diseases caused by severe Vata disorders.

This treatment is prescribed for disorders like facial paralysis, cataract, deafness, earache, insomnia and other diseases that afflict the cranial nerves.

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Dec 31

Sunlight Therapy Strengthens Eye Muscles



One of the medical myths in most people’s mind during the years of grow up is that exposure to sunlight is harmful to the eyes. Sun exposure is widely believed to be closely linked with cataracts as well as some other eye problems. However, if one spends enough time to study the subject of eye care and natural vision improvement, the real myth is that not all sun exposure is harmful. In fact, proper sunlight applying can be considered as sunlight therapy which has long been used to strengthen the eye muscles immediately.

It is true that most people even some eye professionals take adequate precautions about direct sunlight exposure. Body skin should avoid receiving too much exposure to direct sunlight. The key point is the amount. Some experts do believe that moderate amount of sunlight exposure is actually nourishing the eye muscles and thus improve eyesight. Eye muscles also need necessary nutrition in a similar way as other muscles in the body. This part of nutrition for the eyes can not be neglected.

Sunlight therapy also requires some skills or tips in exercisers. They should control the pace of taking sunlight therapy when they initiate the training. The eyes are very sensitive to strong light such as sunlight. Direct applying to the sunlight may cause abnormal feeling or adverse effects on the eyes. At the very beginning, they can utilize artificial light such as a lamp. This is an effective way to start sunlight therapy even if the timetable slows down.

Believe it or not, sunlight therapy as a natural vision improvement method has been practiced for almost one hundred years. This exercise has proven its effectiveness in improving eyesight during its long history. Every step taken down the natural path actually represents an effort towards healing and strengthening the eye muscles permanently.

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Dec 27

Vision Therapy – Alternative Solutions For Your Eye Vision Improvement and Eye Care



Perhaps you have a strong dependence on your glasses, you can not live a normal life without wearing glasses. In this case you may think that in order to see normally, you should continue to wear your glasses, or if you want to be free from having to wear glasses, the only solution is through the surgery. Actually, natural vision therapy is the third option which is very effective and affordable.

It is true that in order to know the condition of your eye, you should see the ophthalmologist. They will examine your eyes in detail, and also will try to detect the ability of your eye vision with Snellen Eye Examination Chart. With this chart, they can find out your sight capabilities, whether your eyes are normal, near sighted or far sighted etc.

If doctors detect that you have eye disorders, such as Presbyopia or Myopia, more often than not, you will be given two choices to regain your normal eyesight, wearing glasses or performing surgery.

Actually, your eyes may just need proper eye exercises. Just like the rest of your body. If you find a weakness in your legs, you would not immediately decide to use crutches, you will try to find a good training method that improves your legs condition and it is true that there are many good training methods to improve the performance of your legs.

Actually, the right training methods for your eyes have existed since the early 19th century, discovered and developed by the ophthalmologist, evolved and enhanced until today. The problem is that this method is less popular and very rarely known by most people, why? the exact answer is unknown, but there is probably related to the business, because the glasses industry is a giant sized industries, worth billions of dollars.

Vision therapy using vision improvement method is affordable and proven to have been able to help many people regain their normal vision abilities.

More information at http://www.LivingWithoutGlasses.com

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