Healing Your Eyes with Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Acupressure, & Chinese Herbs

Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword by Marc Grossman, OD, LAc......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
Yin and Yang......Page 19
Qi: The Force of Chinese Medicine......Page 21
The Essence: The Substance of Chinese Medicine......Page 22
Chinese Meridians: The Vessels That Transport Qi......Page 23
The Five Elements......Page 24
Causes of Disease: Qi, Blood, and Fluid Congestion, and Organ Imbalance......Page 25
The Eyes and the Vessels......Page 27
Liver and Gall Bladder......Page 28
Heart and Small Intestine......Page 31
Kidney and Urinary Bladder......Page 32
Spleen/Pancreas and Stomach......Page 33
The Lung and Large Intestine......Page 34
Environmental Causes of Degenerative Vision Loss......Page 35
Emotional Causes of Degenerative Vision Loss......Page 37
Non-Environmental, Non-Emotional Causes of Degenerative Vision Loss......Page 40
Liver Patterns......Page 41
Kidney Patterns......Page 43
Spleen and Stomach Patterns......Page 44
Heart and Liver Blood Stagnation Patterns......Page 45
The Modern History of Acupuncture......Page 46
Acupuncture Gains Popularity in the US......Page 47
Choosing Acu-Points......Page 49
A Safe and Natural Method......Page 50
Acupuncture Methods......Page 51
Acupuncture Systems for Eye Conditions......Page 52
Chinese Moxibustion......Page 57
Chapter 4: Chinese Herbal Medicine......Page 60
Age-Related Macular Degeneration......Page 62
Diabetic Retinopathy......Page 64
Open-Angle Glaucoma......Page 65
Individually Prescribed Chinese Herbal Formulas vs. Patent Formulas......Page 66
Side Effects of Chinese Herbal Medicine......Page 68
Acupressure......Page 70
Neck Rolls......Page 71
What Is Qigong?......Page 72
Yin-Yang Theory and Qigong......Page 73
Internal Qigong vs. External Qigong......Page 75
Qigong Cultivation......Page 77
Qigong for the Eyes......Page 78
Qigong to Strengthen the Liver......Page 79
Transmit Healing Qi through Laogong Qigong......Page 81
Beijing Eye Qigong......Page 83
Qigong for Health and Longevity......Page 86
Overwork/Overstrain......Page 88
Rest and Relaxation......Page 89
Stretching and Exercise......Page 90
Tiger Balm for Eye-Strain Headaches......Page 91
Visual Acuity Testing: The Eye Chart......Page 92
Vision Field Testing......Page 93
Objective Findings......Page 94
Chinese Medical Diagnosis......Page 95
Age-Related Macular Degeneration �⠀䄀刀䴀䐀): Wet and Dry Type......Page 96
Stargardt Macular Dystrophy......Page 99
Diabetic Retinopathy......Page 100
Retinitis Pigmentosa......Page 103
Usher Syndrome......Page 104
Open-Angle Glaucoma......Page 106
Optic Nerve Atrophy......Page 108
Myopia �⠀一攀愀爀猀椀最栀琀攀搀渀攀猀猀)......Page 110
Combined Eye Conditions......Page 111
Micro Current Stimulation......Page 114
Chinese Aromatherapy: Essential Oils for Vision Loss......Page 115
How Essential Oils Work......Page 116
Useful Oils for Degenerative Vision Loss......Page 117
Chinese Moxibustion at Home......Page 123
Moxa Sticks......Page 124
Moxa Cones/Thread Moxa......Page 125
Moxa Glasses......Page 126
Moxa Shells......Page 128
Chinese Color Therapy......Page 129
Chinese Reflexology �⠀䘀漀漀琀 吀栀攀爀愀瀀礀)......Page 130
Chinese Magnet Therapy......Page 132
Chinese Acupressure and Self-Massage......Page 135
Chinese “Q-Tip” Eye Massage......Page 138
Chinese Qigong for Health......Page 139
Chinese Herbal Steam Bath for the Eyes......Page 141
Appendix 1: Eye and Acupuncture Research......Page 143
Appendix 2: Chinese Herbal Formulas: Ingredients and Dosages......Page 146
Appendix 3: Resources......Page 155
Bibliography......Page 157
About the Author......Page 160