Presbyopia

When your eye cannot see clearly up close after the age of 40, a person is said to have presbyopia (from Greek presy, meaning older and opia, meaning eye). Presbyopes are often told that their near blur is caused by the inflexibility of the lens due to the "natural aging process."

The conventional definition of presbyopia is the natural decreasing of the ability of the yee to focus at near distance due to a gradual stiffening with age of the lens of the eye.

Signs & Symptoms
-Difficulty with comfortable clear focus at near distances usually beginning at about age 40 and slowly worsening for the next 20-25 years -People feel their "arms are getting too short" and they have to hold things farther away to see them. -Nearsighted people usually develop symptoms at a later age than average and farsighted people experience the symptoms at an earlier than average age.

Conventional Treatment
Glasses are prescribed to correct the refractive error

Complementary Approach
Diet: Vision Diet Eye exercises: section 5 eye exercises Nutrients: Lutein, Bilberry, Multi-Green Formula

Oriental medicine approach
In TCM, presbyopia can be caused by Kidney Yin deficiency, deficient Kidney essence (Jing) and/or qi and blood deficiency

Kidney Yin Deficiency or Kidney Jing Deficiency

 * Treatment Principles:** Nourish the Liver, enrich the Kidneys, improve vision
 * Herbal Treatment:** Qi Ju Di Huang Tang OR You Gui Wan
 * Acupuncture Treatment:** [BL-2, BL-18, BL-20, BL-23, GB-20, GB-37, KI-3, Yi Ming, Tai Yang, Zeng Guan [1/2 way from BL-1 to Yu Yao] + CV-4, KI-6, SP-6, ST-36 (w/ moxa), GV-4

Qi & Blood Deficiency
[BL-2, BL-18, BL-20, BL-23, GB-20, GB-37, KI-3, Yi Ming, Tai Yang, Zeng Guan [1/2 way from BL-1 to Yu Yao]] + GV-20, SP-6, ST-36, LR-8, BL-17
 * Treatment Principles:** Tonify & augment Qi & Blood
 * Herbal Treatment:** Ba Zhen Tang (Eight Treasure Decoction)
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