A Wholistic Look at Eye Health

To physically see and experience life through our eyes is truly an amazing gift. Thus, it is important to take care of our eyes and understand some of the things that can harm them along with ways to keep them strong and healthy.

The most obvious injury, is from external objects that can scratch or damage our eye. Most people have at some time or another had a scratch on the eye from a dust particle, or stick and so on. These are quite painful initially, and it is always wise to go to the doctor to have it assessed to make sure there is nothing seriously injured. The eye, like our mouth and tongue are the two quickest organs to heal, due to the overabundance of nerves and blood vessels. To help the eye in the first couple days, use simple saline drops to keep the eye moist. Keep it closed or covered and use some trauma remedies like arnica and aconite at a 30 or 200 ch (Internally, not directly in the eye!).

                                                                         

 A a black eye resulting from a hard blow, is treated successfully with the homeopathic - Symphytum for the bone damage and Ledum for the black eye at a 30 or 200ch. During the initial stages always take remedies at least one dose every 10 to 15 minutes for 4 to 6 hours or until  your symptoms seem to ease. Then slowly reduce the use of the remedy as needed for relief.

Conjunctivitis or Pink eye is a common inflammatory reaction that is seen in both children and adults.  Many things can trigger this condition such as a common cold that gets transferred to the eye via our germ covered hand. Pink eye can be viral or bacterial, and both have their own degree of symptoms. This is a great web site that defines both - http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/conjunctivitis.htm

Once again, natural saline drops - http://www.similasanusa.com/, will help palliatively and soothe the eye initially. You can also buy special eye drops that have low dose specific homeopathics in them to help speed up the healing. The best homeopathic remedies to heal Pink eye are; Euphrasia, Aconite and Apis, which can be taken in combination, either at a 30ch or 200ch potency and used every 15 minutes until your symptoms begin to improve. As your symptoms improve, you can lessen the number of times you use the remedies. Furthermore, you can eliminate the remedies if you feel you no longer need them, or until all symptoms are gone.

Chronic eye problems  such as glaucoma, cataracts, floaters and weak vision generally come from poor diet, stress and aging.

Most of these conditions can be greatly reduced by knowing what the causation is on all levels and doing what is required to rectify it. From my experience, all chronic degeneration stems from poor diet as well as an overload of emotional and mental stress. It is best to seek help from a Natural Health Care Practitioner in order to understand exactly how diet, mental and emotional stress can individually be causing these symptoms. They will then recommend what is required to make improvements in order to stop the degeneration process takes.

As with all chronic conditions, the longer the damage has gone on and the older you are the harder it is to recover the tissue. 

If you have been recently diagnosed with one of these conditions then the best place to start is by cleaning up your diet! 

1. Eliminate foods that most people react to like wheat, dairy and sugar. 

2. Eliminate alcohol, carbonated drinks and caffeine.

3. Begin a gentle cleansing of your internal organs and de-stress them. 

4. Drink more clean filtered water and add lemon to help balance your ph levels.

5. Go and find a qualified Natural Health Practitioner or Dynamic Physician who can help you further understand what is triggering your symptoms and help you design a plan to begin removing the load that is causing this damage.