Acuforeyes- acupuncture for eye conditions

04/06/2023

Fantastic weekend with a fantastic teacher! Thank you Andy Rosenfarb! (sorry not everybody is on the picture)

03/06/2023

MA48 Ignition: Day 1 🔥 Andy Rosenfarb

02/06/2023

Long awaited further education booked before lockdown and here I am.

Left home at 2am in Amsterdam by 9am. Is it worth it - of course. I am making it my mission to learn all I can about treating eyes in a natural way.

Watch this space 🧡

20/05/2023

This week I’m delivering acupuncture for eye conditions in Gloucestershire & Dorset.

It’s an idea I had a few years ago which I plan to develop. Taking treatments to various areas to make it easier for people to access treatments.

The Boel protocol (Danish Opthamology acupuncture) & Andy Rosenfarb’s Opthamology acupuncture systems and applications for eye conditions varies between one and two weeks and whilst my clients are happy to come to me I thought to myself let’s see if this can work. To widen awareness of how acupuncture can help eye conditions and reach more people.

Watch this space.

If you know someone who has an eye condition I would be grateful if you could invite them to this page. Not everyone sees Facebook posts and their vision may also affect this.

Many thanks ###

19/04/2023

Be kind to your eyes 💙

18/04/2023

Dandelions are popping up everywhere & they contain some valuable vitamins to nourish our eyes.

💛

06/03/2023

Thought for the day…

06/03/2023

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18/10/2022

Treating wet macular degeneration this week with specialist acupuncture for the eyes.

A combination of holistic TCM & the Boel method of acupuncture brings energy & healing to the eyes.

A 360° approach to eyecare 🧡

13/06/2022

Thank you to a very professional Opthamologist who scanned my eyes a week ago and let me take a picture of them.

It’s hard to read but the blotches & scars are left from a bleed in 2017.

The amazing news is my prescription hasn’t changed & I am injection free thanks to acupuncture.

A blessing to help others and to be trained as an Opthamology acupuncturist.

There is always hope & help at hand 🙏

22/03/2022

What Are Cataracts?

A cataract is a progressive, painless clouding of the natural, internal lens of the eye. Cataracts block light, making it difficult to see clearly. Over an extended period of time, cataracts can cause blindness. They're often related to growing older, but sometimes they can develop in younger people

How Cataracts Affect Your Vision

In a normal eye, light enters and passes through the lens. The lens focuses that light into a sharp image on the retina, which relays messages through the optic nerve to the brain. If the lens is cloudy from a cataract, the image you see will be blurry. Other eye conditions, such as myopia, cause blurry vision, too, but cataracts produce some distinctive signs and symptoms.

Cataract Symptom: Blurry Vision

Blurry vision at any distance is the most common symptom of cataracts. Your view may look foggy, filmy, or cloudy. Over time, as the cataracts get worse, less light reaches the retina. People with cataracts may have an especially hard time seeing and driving at night.

Cataract Symptom: Glare

Another early symptom of cataracts is glare, or sensitivity to light. You may have trouble seeing in bright sunlight. Indoor lights that once didn’t bother you now may seem too bright or have halos. Driving at night may become a problem because of the glare caused by street lights and oncoming headlights.

Cataract Symptom: Double Vision

Sometimes, cataracts can cause double vision (also known as diplopia) when you look with one eye. This is different than the double vision that comes from the eyes not lining up properly, which would give you double vision when looking out of both eyes together. With cataracts, images can appear double even with just one eye open.

Cataract Symptom: Color Changes

Cataracts can affect your color vision, making some hues look faded. Your vision may gradually take on a brownish or yellowish tinge. At first, you may not notice this discoloration. But over time, it may make it harder to distinguish blues and purples.

Cataract Symptom: Second Sight

Sometimes, a cataract may temporarily improve a person’s ability to see close-up, because the cataract acts as a stronger lens. This phenomenon is called second sight, because people who may have once needed reading glasses find that they don’t need them anymore. As the cataract worsens however, this goes away and vision worsens again.

Cataract Symptom: New Prescription

Frequent changes to your eyeglass or contact lens prescription can be a sign of cataracts. This is because cataracts are usually progressive, meaning they get worse over time.

What Causes Cataracts?

The exact cause of cataracts is unknown. While the risk grows as you get older, these factors may also contribute:
Diabetes
Smoking
Excess alcohol use
Eye Injury
Prolonged use of corticosteroids
Prolonged exposure to sunlight or radiation

How Are Cataracts Diagnosed?

Most cataracts can be diagnosed with an eye exam. Your eye doctor will test your vision and examine your eyes with a slit lamp microscope to look for problems with the lens and other parts of the eye. The pupils are dilated to better examine the back of the eye, where the retina and optic nerve lie.

Surgery for Cataracts

If you have vision loss caused by cataracts that can’t be corrected with glasses or contact lenses, you may need surgery to remove the cataracts. In cataract surgery, the cloudy lens is removed and replaced with an artificial lens. The surgery, which is done on an outpatient basis, is safe and extremely effective at improving vision. If cataracts are present in both eyes, surgery will be done on one eye at a time.

Ref - webmd

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17/02/2022

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16/02/2022

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Investigators in the Netherlands have developed an RNA therapy to halt the progression of Stargardt disease.

15/02/2022

Retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the name given to a group of inherited eye conditions called retinal dystrophies.

A retinal dystrophy such as RP affects the retina at the back of your eye and, over time, stops it from working. This means that RP causes gradual changes that reduce your vision.

How much of your vision is lost, how quickly this happens and your age when it begins depends on the type of RP that you have. The changes in your vision happen over years rather than months, and some people lose more sight than others.

Today I start a two week intensive Opthamology acupuncture protocol for a client with retinitis pigmentosa with the intention of bringing some light to the eyes & her life 🙏

31/01/2022

Euphrasia (Eyebright) tea is a healing herb with small white flowers that feature purple streaks and a splash of yellow near the center.

It has been used in traditional herbal medicine in Europe for centuries, particularly for minor eye ailments like redness and irritation.

The herb’s Greek name, Euphrasia, means gladness 🧡

Eyebright contains several beneficial plant compounds, including the flavonoids luteolin and quercetin.

Luteolin and quercetin can help to inhibit immune cells called mast cells, which release histamine — a compound that triggers allergy symptoms like runny nose and watery eyes.

This antihistamine property may be one reason why eyebright has traditionally been used to treat seasonal allergies or hayfever.

Drinking it today with local honey - it’s really delicious

31/01/2022

It’s almost time to be gathering dandelions - you may ask why pick this pesky w**d?

Turns out it could be just what you need 💚

While dandelions are likely less than welcome on your lawn during the warmer months, they should be more than welcome on your plate. Their leafy greens offer a bitter, peppery flavor that works well raw or cooked.

19/01/2022