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Clincal Evidence and Mechanism

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Acupuncture has been widely used in treating a various condition of the eye. For some disorders, such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt’s disease, and other retinal diseases which have no treatment in conventional Western medicine, acupuncture is the treatment of choice. For other diseases, such as cataracts (in the early stage) and chronic (open-angle) glaucoma, acupuncture can be helpful as an adjunct therapy to conventional Western medical treatment.

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In addition to severe or chronic eye conditions, acupuncture can boost overall visual acuity, reduce sensitivity to light, reduce or eliminate eye floaters, blurred vision, and dry eyes, decrease excessive tearing, and heal reddened, swollen, and/or painful eyes.

 

One group at Vancouver, Canada, summarized their experiences of treating 108 cases of retinitis pigmentosa, with acupuncture and Chinese Herbs. More than 85% of cases showed significant improvement. Eight cases have reached complete cure.

 

One Chinese herb formula (WO2012079419) has been applied for a patent. This pharmaceutical composition can enhance and stabilize the vision of an age-related macular degeneration patient, promote absorption of hemorrhage, as well as reduce macular area choroidal neovascularization (CNV)  leakage and CNV area. The pharmaceutical composition consists of several traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) components, including Astragalus membranaceus bunge (huang qi), Angelica sinensis (dang gui), Poria cocos wolf (fu ling), Fritillaria thunbergia (zhe bei mu), Panax pseudo-ginseng (san qi), charred Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (da huang tan), Pollen Typhae (puh uang) and Curcuma aromatica Salisb ( e zhu) .

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Representative References:

1. Yu, W. Treating 108 cases of retinitis pigmentosa with therapies of traditional Chinese Medicine. World Chinese Medicine. 2008;3(3):162.

2. Kim BH et al. Optimizing acupuncture treatment for dry eye syndrome: a systematic review. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2018 May 3;18(1):145.

3. Jiao E. Observation on therapeutic effect of age-related macular degeneration treated with acupuncture (article in Chinese). Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2011 Jan;31(1):43-5.

4. Chen S et al. Effect of Acupuncture on Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma Patients: A Single-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 Apr 28;2020:7208081.

5. Wang S et al. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration--Evaluation of WO2012079419. Expert Opin Ther Pat. 2013 February; 23(2): 269–272.

 

​Special Acupuncture Technique and Formula of Chinese Medicine in Our Clinic

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One important acupuncture point we use is Xin ming xue (New point to bright eye):

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