Is it true that herbal therapy can treat myopia?

Judging from the current mainstream clinical evidence-based evidence in ophthalmology, herbal therapy cannot truly cure diagnosed true myopia. It can only relieve visual fatigue to a certain extent and play an auxiliary role in the recovery of pseudomyopia.

I met a mother at an optometry center a while ago who was accompanying her child for an optometry. She said that she had been using the online herbal fumigation prescription for treating myopia for almost three months. Every time after the fumigation, the child said that her eyes felt comfortable and she could see things more clearly than before. She originally thought that this time she would come to have an optometry. After one or two degrees of dilation, it was found that the original 325-degree true myopia had not gone away at all. The previous "clear vision" was just a temporary fluctuation in vision after the accommodative spasm caused by long-term eye use was relieved, and it was not a sign of cured myopia at all.

Of course, we cannot directly kill the eye-protecting effects of herbs. Many traditional medical studies have also confirmed that the flavonoids and lutein substances contained in common eye-protecting herbs such as chrysanthemum, wolfberry, and dense flower can indeed help reduce free radical damage to the eyes and replenish the necessary nutrients for the retina. If it is It is just pseudomyopia caused by using mobile phones and reading books for a long time. Drinking some herbal eye-protecting tea, doing mild herbal fumigation, and reducing the time of eye use can indeed speed up the recovery of accommodation spasm. There are also many examples of people with pseudomyopia using this method in conjunction with sleep adjustments to return their vision to normal levels.

But one core logic must be clarified: the essence of true myopia is that the axial length of the eye becomes longer, just as a person cannot shrink back to 1.6 meters after he grows to 1.8 meters. There is currently no clinical evidence to prove that the active ingredients in the herb can make the elongated axial length of the eye return to normal length. It cannot be done by drinking it, applying it to the eyes, or fumigating it.

Many people think that herbal therapy can cure myopia. In fact, they either regard the temporary improvement in visual acuity after visual fatigue is relieved as a cure for myopia, or they encounter unscrupulous businesses who deliberately blur the boundaries between pseudo-myopia and true myopia, exaggerating the auxiliary effect into a radical cure. There are really many people who fall into this trap.

If you use your eyes a lot and your eyes tend to become dry, sore, and swollen, it is absolutely fine to use regular herbal eye protection products to relieve discomfort. However, if you are diagnosed with true myopia after a dilated eye exam, don’t rely on herbal medicine to remove your glasses. You should wear a frame and wear a frame, and use orthokeratology lenses to control the increase in prescription if you meet the conditions. Only by really being responsible for your eyes.