Acupressure Program & Your Eyes (Part 2)

For the previous article we talked about the simple diet arrangement and herbal tea that help patients who suffering from Meibomian Gland Dysfunction or Blepharitis. In this article, I will further discuss and share with you the idea of including acupressure program to enhance the result of get rid of itchy ,dry and painful feeling in eyes.

Eyes Acupuncture is possible to treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction / Blepharitis. I think most of the acupuncturists will know how to handle it. You can discuss with your nearest Acupuncturist for more info. And if you couldn't find an Acupuncturist around your area, I am here to help you on how to fish rather than giving you a fish a day.

The secret about "Parameter"

On the year of 2008, when I attended a World Acupuncture Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. An Acupuncture researcher and Scientist who is also an Academician (Highest honor in China) gave a very inspiring talk on the topic of "the response of Acupuncture and Nervous system". During the Q & A session, one of the Malaysia Acupuncturist ask him what is the acupuncture solution that can help him to lose a few inches of fats around his tummy. Obviously, this Acupuncturist was asking a very stupid question to an Academician, and it can be an insult to the wisdom of an Academician.However, this old wise man only answered him, " the answer toward your question it could be related to an issue of parameter." At that time, may be not many audience knew what is his meaning.

After many years, I finally realized the "Parameter" mean the frequency + intensity + time. If someone want to enroll in a weight reduction acupuncture program, he need to know how many session in a week he need to do, and also how many session consider as a treatment course, and each acupuncture session take how many minutes.

Take an example, if you want to lose weight through exercise, your personal trainer will tell you about  the frequency + intensity + time theory in your exercise program. As we apply this universal law in the acupressure program, it will be the same thing!


The "Parameter" for Eyes Acupressure
Many people know acupressure is good for health, and there are a lots of acupressure books in the market that teach you about acupressure for different parts of your body. But when come to the "Parameter" (frequency + intensity + time), many books do not really explain enough on that. For an example, we know what acupressure points are good for our eyes vision, but without the right "parameter", the entire acupressure program will not work.
Everyone should know, to treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction or Blepharitis with acupressure, you need a program. Program mean something that you need to stick with it, practise regularly (you can call it a belief). The minimum requirements is :
1. Normal condition : 2 times per day, one time in morning, one time in evening, each time 5 minutes.

2. Severe condition : 3 times per day, morning + noon + evening. Each times 10-15 minutes.
Acupressure For EyesEyes acupressure relives many problems. You can get rid of headaches, wrinkles, eye puffiness, stress, dry eyes, and eye fatigue. A good technique is combining eyes massage and acupressure. For those who watched my youtube video on face massage with Buffalo horn face massage spoon, you can apply some of the technique into this session.

There are a number of acupuncture/acupressure points around the eyes (basically around the orbits of the eyes which are the bones that surround the eyeballs). The points below are some of the major local eye points.

The image below shown 5 common acupoints that help to treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction / Blepharitis. The acupressure on eyes area will be a lot more gentle than other parts of your body. There are 2 techniques: that is pressing and circular movement while pressing. If you are doing the acupressure correctly, you should feel certain level of soreness, numbness, warm or fullness feeling around your eyes. Most people can feel very relaxing and soothing after the acupressure.




There is a video on how to preform an eyes acupressure is attached with this article. You can pay attention to the hand executions that demo by a Chinese Medicine doctor in this video. As what I said before, the acupressure is very simple, everyone can learn but the secret is the "Parameter", that is how many minutes and how many times in a day you can invest, and that will be the key of successfully control the severe situation of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction / Blepharitis.



Secret point that further enhance the result
Besides that, I would like to additionally teach you another acupoint which is very important but some smart and clever Chinese Medicine Physicians will not tell you. Most Asian might know about this, but many Western people don't know about this.




The name of this point is "Hegu" (English translation: Joining Valley). The Location: On the dorsum of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones, in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. The "Hegu" point is a very strong pain relief acupuncture point, it work very well on all kind of pain in the body, especially the face and head. The combination of eyes acupressure and the masage of "Hegu" point will further enhance the result in treating Meibomian Gland Dysfunction / Blepharitis.

The video clips on how to find the location of "Hegu" point are:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SUhXyj2U8I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlY_3jbC_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUxRRnEOdK8

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Meibomian Gland Dysfunction & Chinese Medicine Treatment (Part1)

My patient suffer from a strange eyes disease called Meibomian Gland Dysfunction or Blepharitis by eyes specialist. She had gone through a lot of medical check up and doctors couldn't explain what is the reason causing it and they can't really give her a good solution to cure her problem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3d1UZxQP4E

This is how she described in e-mail :

"......Meibomian Gland Dysfunction  is the diagnosis. Which means the oil that comes out of my eyelids near the eyelashes is not runny but has turned buttery (solidified) without this runny oil covering the water on your eyes the water evaporates easily and hence dry eyes.  But I also developed  severe pain in the eyes including burning as if my eyes were on fire, eyelashes felt brittle and when touching my skin felt like needles were poking in. If a strand of hair fell on my facial area It was painful. Extreme light sensitivity, could not watch tv or look at computer screen, very dry eyes it felt like my eyes were wide open and someone had a hairdryer and was blowing into my eyes. My eyes were so dry that all day I would have to turn on the warm water and splash my eyes just for a moments relief often in 20 minute intervals all day. Pain all around my eye sockets ears, jaw.

Extreme aching in eyes like someone was standing on my eyelids and pressing down. Swelling of the eyelids which hurt and made me continuously rub my eyelids......"

Because of what she had been suffering, I think I would like to share more ideas and solutions from the Chinese Medicine Physician's point of view. Perhaps those information can be really useful for those who suffering so much on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction or Blepharitis. We don't know how much improvement you will get, but I do hope you can at least have a better understanding on the simple things that you can do to improve your eyes condition.

Body Type and Lifestyle Management
First of all, we noticed there are some commonality among those who suffer from Meibomian Gland Dysfunction or Blepharitis. It could be the similar body type that contribute to it. Patients seem to have dry skin, dry nose, bad breath, sleep disorder,chest discomfort, headache or even constipation. From the lifestyle management point of view, elimination of those syndromes might reduce the chances of severe discomfort of eyes.

But how you are going to do that? The easy way is to check if you have enough resting time / sleep, adequate exercise, managing stress level well, eating a good diet that come with balance portion of meats, carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables. This is the basic thing that can give you a lot of changes in combating Meibomian Gland Dysfunction / or Blepharitis.

Know The Syndrome and Solve It
Now you need to understand what are the syndromes of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction / or Blepharitis that really bothering you. Because from the Chinese Medicine theory, finding solutions to stop or delay the abnormal development of diseases is our responsibility. How are we going to do that? I will share with you some simple tips on herbs and eyes acupressure.

So, what are the common eyes problems that our patients facing?
Let's see what we have here:

1. Very itchy and hot feeling in eyes.
2. Full of red veins
3. Very sensitive to light
4. Very dry eyes

5. Severe burning sensation in the eyes as like on fire

6. 24 hours feel like many needles poking into the eyes.

In Chinese Medicine theory, those syndromes can categorized as "too much fire". Although there are many herbal formula to treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction / or Blepharitis. But now I am going to give you a herbal tea formula that help to reduce dryness and enhance the secretion of tears. 

Ho's Chrysanthemum tea:
Chrysanthemum flower 10 g
Lycium Barbarum 10 g

Ophiopogon Japonicus 10 g
Clycyrrhiza Yralensis Fisch 5 g

1.Soak the herbs for 30 mins.
2.Boil with 800 ml of water.
3.Use "Big fire" until the water boiled, then turn to "small fire" for 1o mins.4.Drink the tea during day time.My version of Chrysanthemum tea is a basic formula for reducing the discomfort of dry eyes, for those who experience severe pain or swelling, a specific Chinese herbs supplement is needed. You are welcome to write to me, we can further discuss on that.


Diet Advice
In diet advice, you must avoid fried, oily and spicy foods. Should eat foods that rich in vitamin A, such as soy, fish, milk, walnuts, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, spinach, tomatoes and fresh fruit. Besides that Vitamin C can effectively inhibit oxidation, this is also good for your eyes. Apart from that, vitamin E also helps to lower cholesterol, clear body waste, prevent cataracts. Vitamin B1 also can provide nutrition to our nervous system, example :green leafy vegetables.

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