Common vision
disorders include: cataract, glaucoma, and macular degeneration.
Eye disorders, like
any disease, often start at the cellular level in which
oxidation occurs. Cells make up your organs. When cells die, your organs fail
and heath deteriorates, and you age and die. The cell of an organ can be
destroyed during the process of oxidation in which unpaired electrons, known as free radicals, are produced. Free
radicals occur naturally as byproducts of oxidation, such as during respiration
and other chemical processes; for example, during breathing, while life-giving
oxygen is produced, harmful carbon dioxide is also released.
Likewise, eye disorders
are related to free radicals and oxidation. According to research studies,
oxidation is involved in the development of most eye disorders, including
cataracts, retinal disease, and glaucoma.
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 Bettet 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 becaur Vision, states that most glaucoma patients are highly intelligense 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
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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.
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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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