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Oct 7, 20214 min read

Light on Glaucoma. Care for your optic nerve with acupuncture & Chinese medicine

Glaucoma is a common eye disorder, often associated with aging. It refers to damage to the optic nerve. It mostly occurs in persons over...

Sep 9, 20215 min read

Light on Pink Eye: Chinese medicine for conjunctivitis

Pink eye, or conjunctivitis is very common. Not all cases are due to poor hygiene or bacteria! Pink eye is an infection of the...

Aug 11, 20213 min read

Light on surfer's eye: Chinese medicine & acupuncture for pterygium

The main symptom of surfer's eye, or pterygium (pronounced tur-IJ-ee-um), is a growth of pink, fleshy tissue on the conjunctiva, the...

Jul 23, 20213 min read

Ocular electrical therapies in the acupuncture clinic

If you have ever been to the acupuncturist, you might have received "e-stim" or electrical stimulation on the acupuncture needles. Or you...

Jun 30, 20212 min read

3 eye exercises to reduce computer eye-strain

Eye exercises or eye yoga is a practice designed to strengthen and relax the eye muscles, help you focus, ease eye movements, and...

Jun 11, 20214 min read

5 autoimmune conditions that can affect your eyes and your vision

When the immune system attacks the body and damages healthy cells, vision is often collateral damage. The eyes often give both a patient...

Dec 7, 20201 min read

Alex's success story with acupuncture for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Recently, I had the honor to receive Alex as a patient for ophthalmology acupuncture. Alex came to me ta address his Retinitis Pigmentosa...

Oct 20, 20205 min read

Dry eyes : what acupuncture & Chinese medicine can do

As holistic medicine practitioners, we believe that the best way to address dry eye syndrome is to combat systemic inflammation

Sep 28, 20204 min read

The dark side of blue light exposure.

What is blue light? Sunlight is made up of the full spectrum of visible light as a combination of red, orange, yellow, green, blue,...

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