Glaucoma is an eye disorder often associated with aging. According
to Western medicine, there is no cure, and no reversal of the conditions
connected with the symptoms. However, we must also look at the underlying
causes of glaucoma, and look at the disorder with a different perspective and
with a holistic approach to the treatment.
“Glaucoma is an eye condition due to increased eye pressure that
may lead to blindness. In conventional medicine, most eye doctors would
recommend surgeries and / or
eye drops to relieve high ocular pressure
in the eye.
However, there is one problem: surgeries and eye drops would also
create a chronic condition, ironically enough, leading to
ultimate blindness. The use of eye drops may have adverse long-term effects,
one of which is the falling off of pieces of iris, causing blockage, and
thereby instrumental in increasing eye pressure over the long haul, instead of
reducing the eye pressure.
Dr. Leslie Salov, M.D., O.D.
Ph.D., in his book Secrets for Better Vision, states that most glaucoma
patients are highly intelligent professionals who lead very stressful, busy
lives. This finding led Dr. Salov to believe that to improve vision or eye
health, you need to improve the health of your entire person simultaneously
because your body is a set of interlocking systems that affect one another.
Given that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, your eyes are only a
small part of your whole person. Accordingly, to heal the eyes, you must heal
the body first. It is just that simple!
To have healthy vision, even as you age, you must employ not only
the sciences of physiology, biology, and chemistry, but also the healing powers
of philosophy and even spirituality. This is no exception when it comes to
treating glaucoma. In other words, to treat glaucoma, you need to examine not
just your eyes, but also every aspect of your life, including your emotional
and spiritual health. Get a holistic approach to healing glaucoma.
The methods of glaucoma treatment recommended
by Dr. Salov also include the following:
Visualization is the use of guided
imagery to direct blood, oxygen, and leukocytes (immunity cells) to the eye
through a mental image of a healthy eye. Essentially, your conscious mind
controls the involuntary processes that occur automatically inside your body.
Specifically, visualization relaxes the muscles in the walls of your canal of
Schlemm (circular channel in the eye that collects watery substance between the
lens and the cornea). By relaxing these muscles, extra fluid can be excreted to
relieve the glaucoma pressure. Without using eye drops with chemicals,
visualization can naturally relax eye muscles so that your pupils become
small enough to open up the canal of Schlemm to excrete the fluid for eye pressure
relief.
However, it must be pointed out that visualization works only when
you use it with dedication and consistency. In other words, you have to
practice visualization daily and diligently.
Meditation is the art of thinking of nothing to remove everyday stresses and
worries. When you are under stress, you body produces chemical changes within
your body, which decrease blood flow and oxygen level to your eye. Practice
meditation to de-stress yourself.
The bottom line: eye pressure can be relieved by eye relaxation;
it is important to relax your eye muscles, just like you would relax the
muscles of different parts of your body.”
Remember, vision has to do with the mind too, and not just the
eyes. Without mind relaxation, the eyes are stressed and unrelaxed, and thus
raising the eye pressure, which is the underlying cause of glaucoma. Does it
make sense?
Stephen
Lau
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