Our TCM Treatment for EYE Diseases such as Cataract, Night Blindness (RP), Glaucoma and Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) by Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd. & Eastern Healing TCM Clinic Pte Ltd, Singapore, Tel: 96635600, 92999168.
Dr. Ong has 20 years of clinical experience in treating eye diseases. Together with a team of TCM physicians, they treat Eye Diseases with special TCM prescriptions and acupuncture.
Best TCM Treatment for Eye Diseases - Glaucoma, Dry Eyes, Squint Eyes, Lazy Eyes, Teary Eyes, Blurry Eyes, Cataract, Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)(Night Blindness), Glaucoma, Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Cataract 白内障
Cataracts develop when the clear lens of your eye becomes cloudy, which leads to a decrease in vision. Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or both eyes. Symptoms may include cloudy or blurry vision, trouble seeing in dark places and trouble seeing with bright lights.
Most people who turn 60 years old and above are likely
to have cataract. It usually
If you have a cataract, your lens has become cloudy.
It is like looking through a foggy or dusty car windshield. Things look blurry,
hazy or less colorful with a cataract.
Most age-related cataracts typically develop over a
span of years, it’s a relatively slow process. However, some types of cataracts
may develop faster, such as in individuals with diabetes, where cataracts can
develop rapidly.
You are able to slow down the formation of cataracts:
1) Protecting your eyes from sunlight is the best way
to do this. Wear sunglasses that screen out the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light
rays;
2) Eyes exercise, looking up, down, looking left side,
right side, roll your eye to the right one round, to the left one round;
3) Herbal medicine, such as 祛湿,行气,燥湿药等
如藿香 砂仁
白术 杞子
陈皮；
4) Acupuncture treatments.
It is advisable to seek TCM treatment to prevent early
formation of cataract. The results are visibly obvious.
Patients who do not want to have their natural lens
removed would look for TCM treatments. They can find that when they look at
things, they are not so cloudy.
An old woman, aged 90, told us that she had her
cataract operation done at the age of 70. Her vision was good after that.
Lately, her vision started to become blur again. Because of her old age, she does
not want another operation, so she came to seek help from us. After the TCM
treatments, although her vision was still a bit blur but it was better than
before. She could see much better.
Another lady, age 70, had very high myopia, had her cataract
operation done at the age of 60. Lately, she could not see well. She was very
depressed as her ophthalmologist suggested another operation which she was
hesitant. She had several acupuncture sessions and some medication, she said
her visions improved.
A lady, age 46, told us she had cataract and was due
for cataract operation. She said she was
young and was not sure why she had cataracts so early. She came to see us to
explore if TCM can do anything for her to help her to see better. So, faithfully,
she came for acupuncture and medication, she said she could see better and
therefore she postponed her cataract operation.
Not many people aware that changing from a natural len
to an artificial len DO NOT GURANTEE GOOD VISION FOR MANY YEARS. Some of them
may have complications, such as infections after operation.
Another shortfall is a person will not be able to rub
his eyes as it may disturb the position of the lens implanted, thus causing
distortion.
Cataract Picture taken from neoretina.com
Intraocular
lens (or IOL)
Picture taken from milaneyecenter.com
Picture taken from milaneyecenter.com
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Glaucoma 青光眼
What is Glaucoma 青光眼,Curable?
Glaucoma can be divided roughly into two main categories:
1. "Closed angle" glaucoma 闭角型青光眼 --- Closed angle glaucoma can appear suddenly and is often painful. If it is untreated it can lead to visual loss. One must seek medical attention immediately before permanent damage occurs.
2. " Open angle" glaucoma开角型青光眼--- Open angle glaucoma tends to progress at a slower rate and patients may not notice they have lost vision until the disease has progressed significantly. Very often raised intraocular pressure is a significant risk factor for developing glaucoma (intraocular pressure above 21 mmHg is considered as high眼压高).
Glaucoma is an eye disorder in which the optic nerve suffers damage, permanently damaging vision in the affected eye(s) and sometimes leads to blindness if untreated.
Many patients who suffer from glaucoma, whose eye pressure are always higher than 17 and they often had gone to ophthalmologists and were prescribed eye-drops to lower the eye pressure. Some of them finds that in spite of applying eye drops constantly, their eye pressure was still high. They came for acupuncture treatment and found that after few rounds of acupuncture treatment, their eye pressure became normal.
Our team of TCM physicians treat glaucoma with acupuncture and Chinese herbal Medicine. This is to enhance circulation, expel excess fluid, nourish the eyes etc. In many cases, it helps to maintain glaucoma from deteriorating further. Glaucoma is because (房水不流通), the fluid builds up in the front part of your eye. The extra fluid increases the pressure in your eye. If the eye pressure is not controlled, it may eventually damage the optic nerves, causing poor vision.
If you have glaucoma and your eye pressure is constantly higher than 17, you may like to consider doing acupuncture to lower your eye pressure. Usually, you may need several acupuncture treatments to see better results.
We have seen a patient, a young man age 26, who told me that he went for more than ten rounds of laser and one operation. Today his vision is still not very good.
青光眼属严重眼疾，预后不佳。正常人眼压不应高过21 mmHg。中医认为青光眼的病因是肝经实热、肝郁气逆、阴虚火旺或其他兼症如高血压,糖尿病导致。
急性青光眼(闭角型青光眼), 患者会感觉眼睛剧痛, 眼压突然升高,非常不舒服, 必须马上到医院治疗。慢性青光眼(开角型青光眼) 也可根据病情, 眼压是否受到控制的情况, 尽早寻求治疗。除西医手术治疗外, 中医中药也是一种的辅助治疗。
在新加坡,中医治疗青光眼主要以针灸与中药治疗。 中医以活血化瘀，健脾利水之法或辨证论治方法来治疗青光眼。重点是改善青光眼视盘血供, 减少房水生成或促进视神经细胞代谢等功效。中国有很多大学研究与论文发表提示通过针灸与中药治疗，在一定程度上可缓解病情, 达到协同治疗作用，优于单用西药。
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Uveitis, 葡萄膜炎, 眼色素层炎
One lady, age 35, came to see me. She said she had Uveitis葡萄膜炎/眼色素层炎on her left eye for about 9 months. She had seen eye specialists and an OCT Image was carried out and it was found that the macular has slight edema. The eye specialist prescribed western medicine. She said she did not want to use steroid all the time. She said two of her Western doctors also advised her to seek TCM treatments.
She said this is her forth round of occurrence. She said each time when Uveitis occurs, her left eye could not see words clearly. Gradually she could not even read those big words in the newspapers. This time the blur vision already happened one week and she had been using steroid eye drops since the occurrence. I let her read Amsler chart, she found that some of the squares are blur whilst some are clearer. She took my medicine for about for two weeks and found that her vision improved. She came back and told me that she wished to have another 20 days of medicine to prevent future occurrence.
Few months later, she came back to see me and told me that she came back from HongKong and her left eye became red again. She went to see eye specialist again and was told the this time she had red eye and not Uveitis. She was prescribed antibiotic eye drop and western medicine. She used it for a few days, her eye was still red. She asked for Chinese herbs to clear the redness in her eyes. After taking out TCM medicine, her redness subsided. She felt relieved.
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Retinitis Pigmentosa (Night Blindness) 视网膜色素变性(夜盲症)
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Most TCM physicians do not study much about eye diseases in their TCM courses. With a team of TCM physicians in our Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd (a TCM clinic), we have treated many patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). We have also treated many other eye diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinal Degeneration and Glaucoma.
The followings are three cases of RP patients that have improvement:
Dr. Ong Swee Ling with some the staff of Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd in 2016
Dr. Ong Swee Ling with all the other TCM physicians of Yong Kang Medical Hall attending Seminar on 4th Dec 2016
Picture with the Principal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Here are some of the research/Jorunals articles:
The Retinitis Pigmentosa RP (also known as night blindness) Eye disease may affect people ranging from 8~65 years old, especially the young adults, According to the statistics, it affects approximately 1/3500~1/4500 and 1~2/5000 newborn. Estimated figures show that 1.5 million people in the world suffers from this disease. There are many people in Singapore suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa RP, estimated to be more than 1000 people in Singapore.
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Retinitis Pigmentosa is also called Night Blindness as the sufferers do not see well at night. They usually do not wish to go out at night and they walk very slow when they walk down the staircases. Their vision-field (视野）is very poor, they could not see wide angle especially both sides, up and down. Very often they central vision are quite good. Their dark adaption (暗适应）is also poor.
In RP patients it shows hereditary characters such as autosomal dominant, adRP, autosomal recessive, arRP and X-linked manner, xlRP etc. The autosomal dominant develops slowly and comparatively later in age with less changes in electroretinograms, ERG; whereas autosomal recessive often develop in early stage, condition become serious and chronic with more changes in electroretinograms. Most often, patients lose their eyesight at age 40.
The Primary Retinitis Pigmentosa RP is the common inherent eye disease which causes visual deficiency. It describes a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by gradual degeneration of photoreceptor cells and the pigment epithelial cell (RPE). Common clinical features include a progressive loss of night vision, visual field eventually leading to blindness.
The Primary Retinitis Pigmentosa RP is the common inherent eye disease which causes visual deficiency. It describes a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by gradual degeneration of photoreceptor cells and the pigment epithelial cell (RPE). Common clinical features include a progressive loss of night vision, visual field eventually leading to blindness.
The Retinitis Pigmentosa disease may affect people ranging from 8~65 years old, especially the young adults, According to the statistics, it affects approximately 1/3500~1/4500 and 1~2/5000 newborn. Estimated figures show that 1.5 million people in the world suffers from this disease.
Although many research & experimental studies had been carried out in the past years. There is still no effective treatment method to date. It has become key research topic for many ophthalmologists. Many people who suffer Retinitis Pigmentosa RP came to see our TCM physicians. They are happy that they find TCM physicians who studied Eye Diseases and know what is Retinitis Pigmentosa. As they have seen Western Doctor and knew that this disease is hereditary, slowly their photo-receptor cells fall off and their eye-sight may deteriorate. They said their doctor told them that nothing much they can do for them except to monitor their Retinitis Pigmentosa RP situation.
Dr. Ong Swee Ling has graduated with a Doctorate degree in Ophthalmology from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. With a team of TCM physicians, we treat RP patients and other eye diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Diabetic Retinal Degeneration and Glaucoma.
Dr. Ong Swee Ling has graduated with a Doctorate degree in Ophthalmology from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. With a team of TCM physicians, we treat RP patients and other eye diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Diabetic Retinal Degeneration and Glaucoma.
Most TCM physicians do not study much about eye diseases in their TCM courses. With a team of TCM physicians in our Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd (a TCM clinic), we have treated many patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). We have also treated many other eye diseases such as Age-related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinal Degeneration and Glaucoma.
The followings are three cases of RP patients that have improvement:
An 8 year old girl came to see us for her night blindness. Her mother told us that when she read her books, she would place her book at a very short distance to her face which they found very strange. Her parents were discouraged when they were informed that RP is incurable. They wanted to find a cure for their daughter’s ailing eye-sight so they brought her for acupuncture treatment and herbal medicine prescription. After 20 sessions of acupuncture, their daughter’s eye-sight improved. She could read her books from 12 inches away (previously 6 inches away). She could also see the black board better in class. Gradually, her mother said her eye-sight has improved.
A taxi driver, age 56. He first sought treatment with our TCM physician about 10 years ago. He came faithfully for acupuncture and consumed herbal medicine. He told us that he gave up his driving because his car repair bills were more than his collection. He changed his job to become a reflexologist. Today, his visual field is maintained.
A man, age 38, suffered from night blindness. He came to our clinic for treatment. After the first session of acupuncture, he told us that he could see clearer and his vision was brighter. He came for several sessions of treatment, he said that his vision field was wider, the brightness was still there and his vision continued to improve. He liked to ride motorbike as a hobby. He traveled to Malaysia often. Normally, two of his friends would escort him on both sides when he rode his motorbike. His friends were surprised that he could see the animals on the side of the road which he could not previously. We advised him since he had RP, it was better to stop ridding motorbike. He replied that was his hobby, he did not want to give up his ridding. He said he bought a very good bike that cost him S$32,000. He said he traveled at 240 km/hr on bright day light and 180 km/hr at night on Malaysia road. He enjoyed ridding motorbike.
A man, age 38, suffered from night blindness. He came to our clinic for treatment. After the first session of acupuncture, he told us that he could see clearer and his vision was brighter. He came for several sessions of treatment, he said that his vision field was wider, the brightness was still there and his vision continued to improve. He liked to ride motorbike as a hobby. He traveled to Malaysia often. Normally, two of his friends would escort him on both sides when he rode his motorbike. His friends were surprised that he could see the animals on the side of the road which he could not previously. We advised him since he had RP, it was better to stop ridding motorbike. He replied that was his hobby, he did not want to give up his ridding. He said he bought a very good bike that cost him S$32,000. He said he traveled at 240 km/hr on bright day light and 180 km/hr at night on Malaysia road. He enjoyed ridding motorbike.
You may log on to the following YouTube to view Retinitis Pigmentosa RP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pioL6lmiNio
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pioL6lmiNio
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To read more:
Retinitis Pigmentosa is also called Night Blindness as the sufferers do not see well at night. They usually do not wish to go out at night and they walk very slow when they walk down the staircases. Their vision-field (视野）is very poor, they could not see wide angle especially both sides, up and down. Very often they central vision are quite good. Their dark adaption (暗适应）is also poor.
Although many research & experimental studies had been carried out in the past years. There is still no effective treatment method to date. It has become key research topic for many ophthalmologists.
I had learned under Professor Deng Sue Hua 丁淑华教授. She is a senior lecturer in Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also a senior ophthalmologist attached with Jiangsu Province TCM Hospital
(江苏省中医院). She specializes on eyes diseases especially on those eye diseases that cannot be treated or have little hope of improvement or still in research stage by Western medicine such as Retinitis Pigmentosa (commonly known as Night Blindness), Age-related Macula Degeneration, Maculopathy, Retinopathy, Optic Nerve Atrophy etc.
TCM physicians used acupuncture treatment and TCM herbal medicine to treat eye diseases. When I was doing my doctorate in Nanjing University of Traditional Medicine, I read many journals written by researchers on eye diseases. They are from different universities in China, some were from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine(京中医药大学), Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(上海中医药大学) , Fudan University (复旦大学) and Guanzhou University of Chinese Medicine (广州中医药大学). They mentioned in their journals how they used acupuncture method and Chinese herbal medicine to improve the vision and prolong the deterioration of these eye diseases. In their journals, they also mentioned that there is no effective treatment method by the Western ophthalmologists to date.
Retinitis Pigmentosa is also called Night Blindness as the sufferers do not see well at night. They usually do not wish to go out at night and they walk very slow when they walk down the staircases. Their vision-field (视野）is very poor, they could not see wide angle especially both sides, up and down. Very often they central vision are quite good. Their dark adaption (暗适应）is also poor.
Although many research & experimental studies had been carried out in the past years. There is still no effective treatment method to date. It has become key research topic for many ophthalmologists.
I had learned under Professor Deng Sue Hua 丁淑华教授. She is a senior lecturer in Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also a senior ophthalmologist attached with Jiangsu Province TCM Hospital
(江苏省中医院). She specializes on eyes diseases especially on those eye diseases that cannot be treated or have little hope of improvement or still in research stage by Western medicine such as Retinitis Pigmentosa (commonly known as Night Blindness), Age-related Macula Degeneration, Maculopathy, Retinopathy, Optic Nerve Atrophy etc.
Dr. Ong Swee Ling had learned under Professor Deng Sue Hua. She is a senior lecturer in Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also a senior ophthalmologist attached with Jiangsu Province TCM Hospital (江苏省中医院). She specializes on eyes diseases especially on those eye diseases that cannot be treated or have little hope of improvement or still in research stage by Western medicine such as Retinitis Pigmentosa (commonly known as Night Blindness), Age-related Macula Degeneration, Maculopathy, Retinopathy, Optic Nerve Atrophy etc.
Dr. Ong Swee Ling had learned under Professor Deng Sue Hua. She is a senior lecturer in Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also a senior ophthalmologist attached with Jiangsu Province TCM Hospital (江苏省中医院). She specializes on eyes diseases especially on those eye diseases that cannot be treated or have little hope of improvement or still in research stage by Western medicine such as Retinitis Pigmentosa (commonly known as Night Blindness), Age-related Macula Degeneration, Maculopathy, Retinopathy, Optic Nerve Atrophy etc.
The following are some of pictures taken during Dr. Ong Swee Ling post graduate days in Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine. The following pictures were taken from the surgery theatre in Jiangsu Province Hospital. Jiangsu Province Hospital is the subsidiary of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine.
From our clinical experience, these people suffering from Retinitis Pigmentosa (commonly known as Night Blindness or RP), Age-related Macula Degeneration, Maculopathy, Retinopathy, Optic Nerve Atrophy etc do see improvement after seeking TCM treatment in our clinic. Especially, after acupuncture, they find that they see things brighter and sharper. Some of them also find that their eyes are less itchy. Many of them found that their vision improved and also their eye deterioration was slower. Traditional Chinese Medicine can help to nourish the eye balls, enhance eye circulation, prevent deterioration of photo-receptors, improve general organ functions, prevent stagnation of water flow, improve "qi" flow, hence improve better vision and maintenance of eye ball health condition.
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More Information on Retinitis Pigmentosa RP
The Primary Retinitis Pigmentosa RP is the common inherent eye disease which causes visual deficiency. It describes a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders that are characterized by gradual degeneration of photoreceptor cells and the pigment epithelial cell (RPE). Common clinical features include a progressive loss of night vision, visual field eventually leading to blindness.
The Retinitis Pigmentosa disease may affect people ranging from 8~65 years old, especially the young adults, According to the statistics, it affects approximately 1/3500~1/4500 and 1~2/5000 newborn. Estimated figures show that 1.5 million people in the world suffers from this disease.
In RP patients it shows hereditary characters such as autosomal dominant, adRP, autosomal recessive, arRP and X-linked manner, xlRP etc. The autosomal dominant develops slowly and comparatively later in age with less changes in electroretinograms, ERG; whereas autosomal recessive often develop in early stage, condition become serious and chronic with more changes in electroretinograms. Most often, patients lose their eyesight at age 40.
Although many research & experimental studies had been carried out in the past years. There is still no effective treatment method to date. It has become key research topic for many ophthalmologists.
From our clinical experience, we treat RP patients with acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, the outcome is encouraging.
Below is one of our patients who did a scan on his retinal and found that the blood supply to the retinal was poor and after the treatment, the blood supply to the retinal were much better, hence the deterioration of RP is lessened and vision improved.
Below is one of our patients who did a scan on his retinal and found that the blood supply to the retinal was poor and after the treatment, the blood supply to the retinal were much better, hence the deterioration of RP is lessened and vision improved.
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We have three TCM clinics:
Eastern Healing TCM Clinic Pte Ltd, 东方医疗诊所
Address: Blk 345, Clementi Ave 5, #01-88,
Singapore 120345.
Tel: 6276 6872 HP: 9299 9168 (appointments only)
Opening Hours:
Mondays to Fridays: 11am to 9pm;
Saturdays & Sundays: 9am to 5pm;
Public Holidays: close
Please note that :
1) Please call our clinic number for direction, tel: 6276 6872
2) Please text our mobile 9299 9168 for appointments;
3) We also do tele-consultations via our whatsapp;
4) We can dispatch medicine by courier services;
4) We can dispatch medicine by courier services;
Email: ong.swee.ling@gmail.com
Website: drongsweeling.blogspot.com
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Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd., 永康诊所
Blk 78A, #01-05, Telok Blangah St 32, Singapore 101078.
Tel: 62726400 HP: 96635600 (appointments only)
Email: ong.swee.ling@gmail.com
Email: yongkangmedicalhall@gmail.com
Opening Hours:
Mondays to Fridays: 9am to 9.30pm;
Saturday : 9am to 5pm;
Sunday: 12.30pm to 4.30m.
Please note that :
1) Please call our clinic number for direction, tel: 62726400.
2) Please text our mobile 96635600 for appointments;
3) We also do tele-consultations via our whatsapp;
4) We can dispatch medicine by courier services;
3) We also do tele-consultations via our whatsapp;
4) We can dispatch medicine by courier services;
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(3) Eastern Healing TCM Clinic (Telok Blangah) Pte Ltd,
东方医疗诊所 (直落布兰雅)
Address: 46 Telok Blangah Dr, #01-85, Singapore 100046
This branch is 2 minutes walk from Telok Blangah MRT station.
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Opening Hours:
Mondays to Fridays: 1.30pm to 9.30pm (Tuesdays close)
Saturdays: 9:30am to 5:30pm
Sundays: 9am to 1pm
Public Holidays: close
Please Note: On Sundays, if you wish to come in the afternoon,
you may walk to Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd
at Blk 78A #01-05, Telok Blangah St 32, Singapore 101078.
which is open on all Sundays from 12.30pm to 4.30pm.
Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd is only 6 minutes walk from Telok Blangah MRT station.
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Please note that there are some other companies using the name of "Yong Kang". Please note that Yong Kang TCM Clinic has no relation with us.
Our names are Yong Kang Medical Hall Pte Ltd at Telok Blangah and Eastern Healing TCM Clinic at Clementi Ave 5 (see above)
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In Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, many TCM ophthalmologists and PhD students have also submitted their research articles in some of the famous journals such as 《眼科研究》、《临床眼科杂志》、 《中国实用眼科杂志》 、《针灸临床杂志》 and 《眼科学报》.
All these researches/Journals have shown good improvement for these patients.
广州中医药大学 硕士论文
RCS鼠视网膜色素变性过程中Müller细胞活化及其机制研
第三军医大学西南眼科医院 赵同涛博士论文
第三军医大学 博士论文
第三军医大学 硕士论文
复旦大学 硕士论文
《全国第九次中医、中西医结合眼科学术年会论文汇编》
黑龙江中医药大学 硕士论文
《实用医技杂志》
《中国实用眼科杂志》
《国外医学(中医中药分册)》
大连医科大学 硕士论文
浙江大学 硕士论文
b波潜伏期缩短说明电针治疗后患眼的视网膜内核层损伤亦有减轻。因此，综合视网膜色素变性的病理表现等相关研究，根据针刺治疗后ERG的波形变化，a波振幅的升高、b波潜伏期的缩短均表明视网膜光感受器层及神经纤维层的损伤有修复的表现，电活动在增强。因此，可以...
《针灸临床杂志》 2006年 第09期
实验研究发现RCS大鼠视网膜色素变性过程中视网膜各层神经元形态改变是不一致的，视网膜感光细胞随着病变的发展逐渐变性死亡，晚期视网膜色素上皮层和感光细胞层结构紊乱，外节膜盘堆积，外核层变薄，内核层在变性中期增厚，早期及晚期变薄，但神经节...
黑龙江中医药大学 硕士论文 2009年
视网膜色素变性是一组进行性遗传性疾病,广泛地损害感光细胞和色素上皮功能。原发性视网膜色素变性是一种致盲性疾病,其病因病理及发病机制等仍不明确。随着科学的进步,许多致盲性疾病已得到不同程度的控制,而视网膜色素变性的致盲率则有所上升。
《实用医技杂志》 2006年 第10期
The Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine published that the use of Chinese medicine improved retinal cone activity for patients with retinitis pigmentosa, even in cases of advanced retinal degeneration. Using electroretinograms for the investigation, the study also concludes that, “TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) treatment could also enhance the bioactivity of (the) nerve network and therefore have a definite significance in retarding the progression of disease and keeping the central vision.”
Treatments for retinitis pigmentosa with acupuncture and TCM herbal medicine have demonstrated positive clinical outcomes in several studies/thesis by many universities in China. These studies were published in many well-known journals.
A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion concludes that acupuncture treatment protects the optic nerve from damage caused by intraocular pressure by alleviating stresses on retinal and optic nerve axonal ultrastructures.
The Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine published that the use of Chinese medicine improved retinal cone activity for patients with retinitis pigmentosa, even in cases of advanced retinal degeneration. Using electroretinograms for the investigation, the study also concludes that, “TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) treatment could also enhance the bioactivity of (the) nerve network and therefore have a definite significance in retarding the progression of disease and keeping the central vision.”
It said that the methods used by TCM, namely acupuncture and TCM herbal medicine can improve effectively the function and metabolism of optic cell, promote blood circulation of the retina, enhance the visual acuity and protect the central vision for the patients.
There is an article from Healthcare Medicine Institute. This article finds that acupuncture Improves eyesight for retinitis pigmentosa. It also said that patients receiving acupuncture (ranging from ages 7-75 years) showed significant improvement and a halting of deterioration of the visual field.
This article said the study finds acupuncture effective in significantly improving eyesight for patients with retinitis pigmentosa(RP). Acupuncture improved overall eyesight and improved issues of dark to light adaptation and nyctalopia (night blindness).
The study said patients received 10 thirty minute acupuncture treatments over a two week period. Testing showed that some of the patients improved in both eyes after only one week of acupuncture treatment and the results lasted between 10 to 12 months. Dark adaptation increased significantly in patients. Night vision and the ability to see in darkened regions improved significantly in patients.
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