Eyesight - Chinese Medicine explanation and treatment
Poor eyesight is sometimes hereditary. Chinese Herbs which can improve vision are
those which nourish the blood. These include wolfberry fruit, mulberry fruit,
chrysanthemum flowers, cassia seed and fleece-flower root.
Eyestrain is
often caused by working in artificial light, or poor natural light, or for
long hours in front of a visual display unit. People who spend their working
day in front of a VDU should ensure that they take a screen break every
two hours for at least ten minutes. At home, reading or watching television,
make sure that there is a good source of light and relax the eyes from
time to time by looking up from the page or the TV screen for a second or
two every half hour.
Professor Song Ke
