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As we progress through life, our specific dietary and herbal needs do change. Preventative health care and early detection can help us make better choices. With proper care, our bodies, minds and spirits can stay at peak performance. We schedule maintenance checks for our homes and cars. It makes sense to also treat our bodies with even more respect and love. After all, it’s carrying around a marvelous person inside. Make a daily herb combo or tissue salt and a few eye exercises part of your daily health regime. Many people have improved their vision with just a few simple changes. Some have even thrown away glasses that they’ve used for years.

Homeopathic tissue salts for eye care

Very low doses of Homeopathic Tissue salts taken over a period of six months can help rebuild the eyes and tissues at a cellular level. This is a short list of some of the most popular ones for overusing and or straining the eyes.

Ruta Grav 3x – For gradual eyestrain, eyestrain headaches (require a higher dose).

Cadmium. Ray. 6x – If you spend at least one hour a day at the computer, this one is a must! It is made from the rays given off the computer screen and helps to correct vision problems from prolonged exposure.

Calc Flor /Kali Phos 12x – Combination for eyestrain (when you begin pulling the book away a few inches more than you used to).

Mag Phos 12x – When there are spasms in the eye or eyelid after eye strain.

** Natural and free ways to improve your eyesight – The Bates Method **

Relief of Stress and Mental Strain May Improve Eyesight

One of the most well-known ophthalmologists who became fascinated with eye health was a man named William Bates. He began his internship at Columbia hospital, and because he was directly involved in determining what caused eye problems in his patients, he studied the inner-workings of the eye thoroughly.

He concluded that the “external muscles of the eye” determined good eyesight and not, as conventional wisdom suggested, the lens itself. His conclusion, after years of patient study, was that wearing eyeglasses did absolutely nothing to improve conditions under which one is better able to see, but that these lenses created additional stress on the eye muscles.

He contended that eyeglasses and contact lenses caused more harm than good and did not improve vision at all. Thus, while eyeglasses are utilized to “correct light that is entering the eye,” the problem isn’t the light, but the eye.

Bates had a belief system that insisted eye problems composed two main categories: Stress and mental strain.

He believed that when one is under stress, the muscle in the eye is greatly affected, and that a calm state of mind can reduce the strain that is caused by the stress. Thus, he utilized a method wherein one can relax the muscle in the eye via exercise and begin to retrain one’s eyes to focus naturally and without strain.

His notion is one that makes sense. Everyone has the ability to see things clearly and should do so in a relaxed state of mind. Looking at any object in a relaxed state alleviates any strain caused to the eyes, and it is the natural way in which the eyes are meant to operate. Without the stress of focusing on things we cannot see results in the ability to see.

Thus, the Bates Method of Seeing encompassed four main exercises that are used in combination with a relaxed mental state:

* Palming — While many ophthalmologists are not well-versed in this method, it is nonetheless important for eye relaxation. Simply sit at a table with the head resting on the hands, ensuring the fingers are set against the forehead. The eyes are then covered wherein no light can penetrate. In addition, the hands do not touch the eyes at all. This state of relaxing the eyes for a few minutes has been quite effective in improving vision.

* Sunning – Studies have shown that this method is necessary and valuable to the eyes. Go out on a sunny day, close your eyes and point your head up to the sun. Gently sway back and forth as the sun’s light bathes the eyes.

* Swinging – As you hold your index finger in front of your eyes, rock back and forth. Bates determined that this helps to incorporate both peripheral vision and focus at the same time.

* Blinking – This well-known exercise combined with breathing exercise allows for the relaxation and massaging of the eyes while lubricating them at the same time, and brings a balance within.