Archive for the 'Vision' Category
Pinhole glasses, also known as stenopeic glasses (from Greek meaning “little opening”), are eyeglasses with a series of pinhole-sized perforations filling an opaque sheet of plastic in place of each lens. It works on the same principle of the pinhole camera; each hole allows only a very narrow beam of light to enter the eye [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Eye Exercises, Vision | No Comments
Intestinal toxemia is poisoning caused by decomposing foods absorbed from the digestive tract. When your digestive power has been impaired, from injesting junk food or even stress, food is only slowly digested, if at all. The weakened digestive secretions are not able to inhibit bacterial activity and fermentation and putrefaction of food occur. This results [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Eye Disease, Eye Health, Nutrition, Vision | No Comments
Most of us take our eyes for granted. It has been estimated that 50,000 people lose their sight needlessly each year and that 80 million Americans are at risk of eye diseases that can lead to low vision and even blindness. The most common diseases: age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), cataracts, glaucoma, and dry eye disease [...]
April 13th, 2009 | Posted in Eye Health, Nutrition, Vision | No Comments
This is an interesting video on youtube where Paul McCartney shares eye yoga techniques he learned in India. Social Bookmarking
April 5th, 2009 | Posted in Eye Exercises, Vision, Yoga | No Comments
Floaters is the term given to various types of deposits that can in the vitreous humour. The technical name for seeing floaters is “myodesopsia”. Floaters can be of various sizes and shapes. They can appear as shadow like shapes. These can appear on their own or with several others. They can also appear as threads, [...]
February 17th, 2009 | Posted in Acupressure, Eye Health, Nutrition, Vision | No Comments
By using palming you can begin to relieve the strain and stress from your mind and the eyes. Most people find it is easiest to relax the eyes when they are closed. To do palming you have to warm your hands by rubbing them together vigorously. Once they are warm, cover the closed eyes, without [...]
February 12th, 2009 | Posted in Acupressure, Bates Method, Eye Exercises, Relaxation, Vision | No Comments
Macula degeneration is an eye disease that affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field. Very small, fragile blood vessels begin to leak blood and fluid in the retina causing further damage and the macular degeneration progresses. It is still unknown why parts of the retina [...]
February 12th, 2009 | Posted in Eye Disorders, Eye Health, Nutrition, Vision | No Comments