How acupuncture help Glaucoma:
About 2.2 million Americans age 40 and older have glaucoma , the second most common cause of blindness. Glaucoma is the name for a group of disease in which fluid builds up inside one or both eyes. Increasing the internal pressure and eventually damaging the optic nerve. If left untreated. People with glaucoma slowly lose their peripheral vision. Over time , central vision can also deteriorate . There are four forms of the disease : Open-angle(chronic) glaucoma . Angle-closure (acute) glaucoma . Congenital glaucoma. Secondary glaucoma . Open-angle (chronic) glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma.
Treatment glaucoma: eye drops that reduce eye pressure are the mainstay of glaucoma treatment. If drops don’t work , Acupuncture& Chinese Herb can reduce eye pressure. How acupuncture can help Glaucoma. Acupuncture can keep ‘normal tension’ reduce eye pressure that without any associated optic nerve damage. If lost vision acupuncture has improve vision effect.
Chinese medical diagnosis glaucoma for stagnated of live qi . Acupuncture reinforce method for deficiency of the liver and deficiency of qi, to remove the stagnation of the liver qi by puncturing the points.
