Use Simple Techniques to Maintain and Improve Vision

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As the Chinese proverb goes; the eyes are the window of one’s soul! It is essential that we take care of this organ of vision.

Every year, one out of six Americans age 55 or older develops macular degeneration, and over a million suffer severe vision loss. Here’s how you can beat these odds and maintain your vision for years to come.

Food for Sight

Let nature help you prevent vision loss with its offering of foods and herbs that benefit your eyesight. Spinach is full of lutein and zeaxanthin, antioxidants that protect your retina from the macular degeneration that comes with age.

Eyesight Fitness

These exercises, designed and used for patients at the Tao of Wellness Center, are helpful for maintaining and improving your vision.

Try to do these exercises early in the morning and just before bed. Another good time is when your eyes feel tired, such as right after computer use. Make sure that your hands are clean and that you are relaxed in body and mind. The key to progress is practicing regularly, preferably every single day.

1. Warming the Eyes

Rub your palms together to create heat, and then place them against your eyes for five seconds. Repeat this three times.

2. Pressing the Rim of the Valley

Use both thumbs and press slowly from the inside outward along the upper rim of the eye sockets. Then switch to both index fingers and press along the lower rim of the eye sockets from the inside outward. Repeat three times.

3. Rolling the Marble

Press the back of your thumbs gently against the eyeballs; slowly roll up and down 12 times. Then slowly roll from side to side 12 times.

4. Turning the Wheels of Fortune

Place the thumb knuckles at both temple areas and massage in circular motion three times. Repeat the same actions above the mid-point of the eyebrows at the forehead, then below the eyes on both sides of the bridge of the nose.

5. Staring at the Light

Hold an object out in front of you as far as possible. Focus your eyes on the object while slowly moving the object closer until it is six inches from your nose. Then focus on the object as you move it slowly away from you. Repeat this three times and relax briefly in between.

6. Spinning the Basketball

With your eyes open, roll eyes clockwise, then counter-clockwise three times each. Try to look into the sockets of your eyes as much as possible.

7. Taking a Nap on the Job

Put your head back, close your eyes, and relax for three minutes.

Additionally, take care of your eyes by avoiding irritants, eye fatigue, and strong sunlight (or wear UV-protective sunglasses).

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