| Glaucoma is one of the major causes of blindness. | | | | visualization can relax eye muscles so that your pupils |
| Glaucoma is due to increased eye pressure. In | | | | become small enough to open up the canal of |
| conventional medicine, most eye doctors would | | | | Schlemm to excrete the fluid for eye pressure relief. |
| recommend surgeries and eye drops to relieve high | | | | So, what exactly is visualization? |
| ocular pressure in the eye. | | | | Visualization is the use of guided imagery to direct |
| However, there is one problem: surgeries and eye | | | | blood, oxygen, and leukocytes (immunity cells) to the |
| drops would create a chronic condition, ironically | | | | eye through a mental image of a healthy eye. |
| enough, leading to ultimate blindness. | | | | Essentially, your conscious mind controls the involuntary |
| Dr. Leslie Salov, M.D., O.D. Ph.D., in his book "Secrets for | | | | processes that occur automatically inside your body. |
| Better Vision", says most glaucoma patients are highly | | | | However, it must be pointed out that visualization |
| intelligent professionals who lead very stressful, busy | | | | works only when you use it with dedication and |
| lives. This finding led Dr. Salov to believe that to | | | | consistency. In other words, you have to practice |
| improve vision or eye health, you need to improve the | | | | visualization diligently. |
| health of your entire person simultaneously because | | | | Another therapy recommended by Dr. Salov is |
| your body is a set of interlocking systems that affect | | | | meditation, which removes your everyday stresses |
| one another. Given that the whole is greater than the | | | | and worries. When you are under duress and stress, |
| sum of its parts, your eyes are only a small part of | | | | you body produces chemical changes within your |
| your whole person. Accordingly, to heal the eyes, you | | | | body, which decrease blood flow and oxygen level. |
| must heal the body first. It is just that simple! | | | | Practice meditation, which is the art of thinking of |
| To have healthy vision, even as you age, you must | | | | nothing. |
| employ not only the sciences of physiology, biology, | | | | Deep and slow breathing using your diaphragm, aided |
| and chemistry, but also the healing powers of | | | | by good posture, is deep cleansing for the body and |
| philosophy and even spirituality. This is no exception | | | | mind. Deep breathing promotes better vision health |
| when it comes to treating glaucoma. In other words, to | | | | through relaxation and detoxification. |
| treat glaucoma, you need to examine not just your | | | | According to Dr. Salov, your diet may also help you |
| eyes, but every aspect of your life. | | | | heal your glaucoma. A no-meat diet is strongly |
| The methods of glaucoma treatment recommended | | | | recommended because the antibiotics, chemical dyes, |
| by Dr. Salov include the following: | | | | and growth hormones in supermarket meat damage |
| Visualization is the use of meditative exercise by your | | | | not only you immune system but also your eye health. |
| mind to control your body in order to heal itself. | | | | Without strong immunity, your eyes cannot utilize their |
| Specifically, visualization relaxes the muscles in the | | | | natural healing elements. |
| walls of your canal of Schlemm (circular channel in the | | | | To conclude, your body has its own curative forces, |
| eye that collects watery substance between the lens | | | | but the problem is how to harness these forces. For |
| and the cornea). By relaxing these muscles, extra fluid | | | | better vision health, you must be prepared to change |
| can be excreted to relieve the glaucoma pressure. | | | | your environment, lifestyle, and living habits. Vision |
| The use of eye drops serves a similar function, but the | | | | health cannot be accomplished without total health. |
| only difference is that chronic use of eye drops may | | | | There is a Chinese saying: "The eye is the window of |
| have adverse long-term effects. These effects include | | | | the soul." Your vision health mirrors your physical health. |
| pieces of iris falling off, causing blockage, and thereby | | | | If you believe that glaucoma can be healed naturally, |
| instrumental in increasing eye pressure over the long | | | | then look beyond your eyes. |
| haul. Without using eye drops with chemicals, | | | | |