In 2008, based on the meridian theory of Chinese medicine, the new version of eye exercises made some deletions and additions to the old version, such as canceling "pressing Jingming point", adding "pressing the Du meridian point with the head" and "rubbing the eye point with the earlobe and scratching the ground with the toes", and changing "rubbing the temples and scraping the eyes with the wheels" to "rubbing the temples and scraping the eyes".
Among them, "pressing Jingming point" was cancelled because this point is too close to the eyeball, and primary and secondary school students do eye exercises between classes, so it is difficult to ensure the hygiene of their hands, and the bacteria on their hands are easy to pollute their eyes. The added "toe-scratching" action not only makes students relax, but also makes them feel "very interesting" in a novel way.
Contrast effect: keep pace with the times and protect your eyesight.
Treating acupoints with eye exercises massage can dredge meridians and improve blood circulation of eyes, thus protecting eyesight and preventing myopia. The acupoints it uses are all common acupoints in acupuncture. Massage these parts correctly can really relax eye muscles, prevent visual fatigue, protect eyesight, and is also beneficial to the treatment of pseudomyopia.
It is undeniable that 1972 version of eye exercises has played a great role in preventing myopia among primary and secondary school students. However, times have changed, and some changes have taken place in teenagers' physique, and the causes leading to myopia are also different from those in the past. For example, obesity, excessive eating of sweets, partial eclipse, and increased learning burden are all causes of myopia among teenagers. Therefore, Chinese medicine experts said that it is very necessary to modify the old version of eye exercises.
From May to July this year, the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted trial tracking and effect evaluation of the new version of eye exercises for 300 primary and middle school students. By comparing the changes of students' eyesight, mental labor ability index and eye blood flow velocity before and after the operation of the new and old eye exercises, it is estimated that the new version of eye exercises has obvious effects on improving students' eyesight and relieving eye fatigue, and all the indexes are better than the old version of eye exercises.
New edition of eye exercises in 2008
The first section: press the eye point of the earlobe and grab the ground with your toes. By stimulating local acupoints such as the head and toes, the blood circulation of the whole body is increased, the meridians of the whole body are dredged, and the blood of children is unblocked, so as to achieve the purpose of regulating eyes.
Section 2: Press the temple and scrape your eyes. On the basis of keeping the part of "pressing and rubbing temples" unchanged, the original "wheel scraping" was changed to "scraping".
Section 3: Press and knead four white dots. The movements in this chapter are basically consistent with the 1972 version of eye exercises.
Section 4: Press and knead Fengchi point. Fengchi point is located on both sides of the cervical fossa under the back of the head, about two thumbs away from the cervical fossa. Note that the acupoints should not be moved and the dough should not be too big.
Section 5: Pressing the Du meridian point on the head. Du meridian point is from the midpoint of the face to the spine. Considering the convenience of operation, this part only wipes the forehead to the back of the head.
1972 version of eye exercises
Section 1: Knead the acupoints in the sky. Close your eyes and sit quietly, and press your left and right thumbs on the upper orbital angle under your left and right eyebrows. The other four fingers are stretched out, bent into an arch and supported on the forehead, and each rotation is a beat.
Section 2: Press Jingming Point. Hold one elbow on the desktop, and press the thumb and forefinger of the right hand or left hand on Jingming point on both sides respectively, pressing down first, then squeezing, and squeezing one by one to make a beat.
Section 3: Knead the Four White Points. When eyes are looking straight ahead, Sibai point is located in the zygomatic arch depression one inch below the pupil. Operation method: First put the left and right index fingers and middle fingers together, put them on both sides near the nose, and support the thumb in the depression of the mandible, then put down the middle finger and massage in the center of the cheek.
The fourth quarter: press the temple wheel to scrape your eyes. The temple is near the intersection of the extension line of the eyebrow and the extension line of the outer corner of the eye, and the bone surface is sunken. The operation method is to support your elbows on the table, point out your fists with four fingers, press your temples with the rib surface of your left and right thumb, and scrape your eyes up and down with the inner side of the second section of your left and right index finger. The upper side starts from the brow to the end of the brow, and the lower side starts from the inner corner of the eye to the outer corner of the eye, first up and down, and then scraping up and down. Note that the acupoints should not be moved and the dough should not be too big.