Office workers often suffer from dry eye because of staring at the computer for a long time and working pressure. Chinese medicine suggests moderate rest and holding acupoints around the eyes to improve the symptoms of dry eye. To treat dry eye and white astringency, first regulate liver and kidney function.
The prevalence of dry eye in China is about 33%. Ge, the attending physician of the Chinese Medicine Department of the Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, said that dry eye syndrome is called "white astringency" in Chinese medicine, which means that the eyes are not red, but they feel dry and uncomfortable. The etiology can be roughly divided into yin deficiency fatigue, damp-heat accumulation fatigue or wind-heat invasion fatigue.
According to the theory of "liver opening eyes" and "liver and kidney homology" in traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that liver and kidney function dominate eye function, and treatment should start with liver and kidney, and then cooperate with symptomatic conditioning of physique.
Take this dry eye patient as an example, he belongs to the constitution of qi deficiency combined with yin deficiency and damp heat. Nourishing liver and kidney with Qiju Huangdi Pill, nourishing yin and benefiting qi with Qing Xin Lian, and clearing damp-heat with Yinchen Gardenia, the symptoms gradually improved.
Eyes are not sour, eat less spicy food and eat more dark vegetables.
However, during the conditioning period of traditional Chinese medicine, people with damp-heat and yin deficiency constitution are forbidden to fast spicy food, which leads to the aggravation of dry eye. In fact, avoiding spicy food and eating more dark vegetables are important dietary guidelines for patients with dry eye.
Ge, a Chinese doctor, said that modern people have great work pressure and long working hours, and like to eat barbecue and fried spicy food. Many people are addicted to 3C products such as TV, computer and mobile phone. Over time, it will hurt the kidney and liver, which will easily cause eye discomfort. It is recommended to do eye care, pay attention to diet, keep enough sleep and avoid being upside down day and night. Rest with eyes for 50 minutes 10 minutes, and apply hot towels to acupoints around eyes or * * *, but avoid pressing eyes when * * *.
Eye protection tea: medlar chrysanthemum tea
Materials: Lycium barbarum10g, 5-6 chrysanthemums, water 25 degrees.
Practice: Put Lycium barbarum and Chrysanthemum into water, boil and let it warm.
Description: This recipe has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, clearing away heat and naming, but because of its mild nature, people with dry and hot constitution should avoid drinking it.
Eye protection point 5
Schematic diagram of acupoints around eyes. (Photography/Huang Zhiwen) Cuanzhu Point: It is located in the depression on the inner edge of the brow.
Fish waist point: located in the middle of eyebrows, just above the pupil of eyes.
Silk and bamboo cavity: located in the depression of eyebrows.
Jingming point: located in the depression above the inner corner of the eye.
Bearing cavity: located in the center of the lower edge of the orbit, vertically below the pupil of the eye.