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

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For the past ten years, Andy Rosenfarb has successfully used acupuncture and Chinese medicine to treat a wide range of eye conditions. His treatments include moxibustion techniques, tuina (massage), microcurrent stimulation, Chinese herbs, and qigong exercises, along with “essential acupuncture” where essential oils are placed on acupuncture points. The culmination of his work—which includes a recent pioneering study involving metabolic testing–is this handbook for healing the kinds of conditions too often considered almost impossibly challenging or irreversible.The first half of Healing Your Eyes with Chinese Medicine explains Traditional Chinese Medicine and its perspective on the eyes, which is based on the idea that the eyes and the brain work in tandem, not isolation. The second half focuses on proven methods derived from Rosenfarb’s practice, including nutritional, supplemental, and lifestyle adjustments. Individual chapters cover eye disorders such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and many more. This book is intended as a practical manual to help readers understand their eyes and vision more comprehensively, and to learn new, affordable ways for retaining the precious gift of sight. 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