Four Tips for Protecting Eyes

1, brain tonic and eyesight improving

Every day, stick to the flexion and extension of the little finger bending inward and then pulling back in the morning and evening. Do it 30~50 times each time and knead it with your thumb and forefinger on the outside of your little finger for 50~ 100 times. Doing it often can not only strengthen the brain and improve eyesight, but also relieve the symptoms of eye diseases such as cataracts.

2, medicine pillow healthy eyes

A medicinal pillow with health care purpose is recorded in the Surgical Manual, which includes buckwheat skin, mung bean skin, black bean skin, cassia seed and chrysanthemum.

3, foot bath cherish eyes

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that several important meridians that have a great influence on the eyes, such as the kidney meridian or the liver meridian, are connected to the meridians between the eyes and feet. Through the maintenance of the foot, we can stimulate the meridians in the body and better control the care of the eyes. It is recommended to massage Taixi point, which is located in the depression between the high point of the medial malleolus and the heel achilles tendon.

Press and knead this acupoint with your thumb up and down. Not too painful, just 3 minutes. Secondly, Taichong point is located in the depression in front of the first and second metatarsal joints on the dorsum of the foot. Press and knead with your thumb for 3~5 minutes to feel moderate acid swelling.

4. Fumigation and eye adjustment

Throughout the ages, health care physicians have attached great importance to eye care. There is a prescription for improving eyesight, nourishing yin and washing eyes in the Selected Medical Prescriptions of Guangxu of Cixi: chamomile 9g, frost mulberry 9g, mint 3g, antelope horn 4.5g, Radix Rehmanniae 9g and Prunella vulgaris 9g. After decocting this prescription with water, smoke it first and then wash it, which has the functions of dispelling wind, clearing liver, nourishing yin and improving eyesight.