This is an asymptomatic in the initial stages, a very complex chronic ophthalmic disease, which without treatment will inevitably lead to blindness. You should not experiment with glaucoma using only folk remedies. This disease does not forgive such a careless attitude to oneself: unconventional methods of therapy should complement the main treatment prescribed by the optometrist.
Traditional medicine preparations are successfully used as prophylactic agents for the prevention of many eye diseases, including glaucoma in all its forms. Before starting treatment, it is necessary to consult an ophthalmologist, because, as you know, only a dosage distinguishes a medicine from a poison.
What is glaucoma?
A group of pathologies of the organs of vision, characterized by a decrease in severity and a limitation of the visual field, are called glaucoma by specialists. There is a characteristic external sign of the disease - a change in the shade of the pupil. It becomes azure, greenish. It is with this feature that the name of the disease is associated - glaucoma is translated from Greek as “green water”.
The internal features of the disease include a significant increase in intraocular pressure. It can occur periodically or torment constantly.
Types of Glaucoma
Ophthalmologists distinguish several types of this disease: primary and secondary glaucoma, youthful and congenital. Congenital, as a rule, develops with genetic disorders or due to illnesses of the mother during pregnancy.
Juvenile or juvenile glaucoma is detected in children older than three years of age. Primary glaucoma is the most common, it occurs with age. The secondary, as a rule, is caused by other diseases that provoke disturbances in the structure of the eye.
At what age does glaucoma develop?
The disease develops regardless of the patient's age. However, the chance to timely identify ailment increases with age. Most often, the disease occurs in elderly people - about three percent of 75-year-old patients suffer from this disease.
Glaucoma: causes, symptoms, treatment with folk remedies and traditional methods
Pain and pain in the eyes, significant visual impairment, especially with the onset of darkness, blurred gaze - these are the main symptoms of glaucoma. In the beginning, for a long time, glaucoma is almost asymptomatic. In the later stages of the disease, the following symptoms appear:
- when looking at bright light, rainbow circles appear;
- visual acuity quickly decreases;
- eyes turn red, pain appears, which gives to the temple and ear;
- in low light visual function deteriorates;
- headaches.
An acute attack often leads to complete blindness. The main causes of the disease include:
- hypoxia of the tissues surrounding the optic nerve;
- destruction with subsequent atrophy of the fibers;
- poor blood circulation.
Treatment methods
There are various methods of treating this disease, including folk remedies. The main one is traditional medication, which consists of three areas:
- decrease in intraocular pressure;
- activation of tissue metabolism;
- improved blood supply.
First of all, the treatment of this disease is aimed at maintaining normal intraocular pressure. For this, in traditional medicine, vascular, diuretic, potassium-sparing drugs and eye drops are used. The following drugs are used in the treatment of glaucoma:
- "Travoprost."
- "Pilocarpine."
- Xopt and others.
Medicines are selected and prescribed by an optometrist.
Surgical intervention
Unfortunately, even the surgical method of treatment is not able to cure glaucoma - vision after surgery is not restored, as, for example, with cataracts, because the optic nerve is not restored. The operation is carried out by a laser method. Its principle is to apply a laser beam to burn or tear a tissue, which allows normalizing pressure in the eye chambers.
This method is resorted to only in cases where drug treatment does not bring the desired results.
Eye exercises
It should be a comprehensive treatment of glaucoma, combining various methods and means. For example, gymnastics for the eyes with this disease allows you to restore blood circulation and innervation, to improve the outflow of accumulated fluid.
It should be said that many eye diseases in ophthalmology are eliminated with the help of gymnastics. The main exercises for glaucoma include:
Several times, look from left to right, from bottom to top and vice versa. Such exercises are repeated at least 10 times a day.
Rotate your eyes first clockwise, and then in the opposite direction. For a greater effect, hang a sheet of paper with a drawn circle on the wall. Outline this circle with eyes first in one direction and then in the opposite direction. Perform at least 10 rotations in each direction.
Take an ordinary pencil and take it to the distance of your outstretched arm. Concentrate your gaze on the tip of the stylus and hold it for a minute. Then sharply look away at any other distant subject.
Every day with glaucoma, knead with your fingers the superciliary arches and temples for several minutes. The movements should be soft and smooth.
For example, we have presented you with just a few exercises, and ophthalmologists have developed entire complexes for the eyes that can reduce intraocular pressure and improve vision clarity.
Glaucoma treatment folk remedies
Once again, it is worth explaining that traditional medicine is an addition to the main treatment, and you should not expect the effect of a magic wand from them. They should be combined with the methods and drugs of traditional medicine. Only a doctor can tell you exactly about the form, degree and stage of the disease, explain all the indications and contraindications, and most importantly, help you not to harm yourself.
Reviews of the treatment of glaucoma with folk remedies give reason to argue that herbs that reduce intraocular pressure and improve metabolism are most often used. These include: mountain ash and lingonberry, horsetail and birch, St. John's wort and a string of flowers, calendula flowers and nettles.
We think that another reminder that any treatment for glaucoma with folk remedies should be agreed with your doctor, so as not to harm your eyes, will not be superfluous. In contact with mucous membranes, strictly observe the rules of sterility.
Leech Treatment
Despite the fact that we started talking about the treatment of eye glaucoma with folk remedies, hirudotherapy rather has not a specific, but a general strengthening and preventive effect on the body, although many traditional healers recommend this method.
The enzymes located in the salivary glands of these living doctors have many positive properties, but with regard to glaucoma they are used only as a general strengthening agent.
Aloe for glaucoma
In people of advanced age, it is this medicinal plant that is most often used in the treatment of glaucoma with folk remedies. To do this, cut the largest bottom sheet. The plant must be older than three years of age when it is fully filled with medicinal substances.
Leaf should be finely chopped or squeezed juice, boil for five minutes and rinse with this composition of the eye once a day.
The action of the mummy with glaucoma
This is one of the popular recipes for treating glaucoma at home. Dissolve a bag of mummy in water or beetroot juice. Eat a tablespoon for ten days before breakfast.
Potato Compresses
It's no secret that the vast majority of patients dream of treating glaucoma with folk remedies without surgery. Reviews indicate that it is not always possible to achieve such a result, although stabilization and improvement can be achieved.
Potato compresses effectively reduce pain with a sharp increase in intraocular pressure. Peel the potatoes, grate them on a fine grater, mix with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Leave the mass for a quarter of an hour, then put it in gauze bags and apply to the eyes. The procedure is carried out twice a day.
Dill Seed Decoction
Reviews of the treatment of glaucoma with folk remedies suggest that plants that are familiar to us can be effective. Dill seeds are used in the form of a decoction, from which compresses are made. This is an excellent, easy to prepare folk remedy.
Boil water, pour a tablespoon of seeds in a gauze bag and dip it in boiling water. Allow the composition to infuse for five minutes, remove the bag, squeeze it lightly and apply to the eyes. Pay attention to its temperature - it should be comfortable for the delicate skin of the eyelids.
A decoction of seeds is also used for oral administration. To prepare it, a spoonful of seeds should be brought to a boil in a glass of water. For two hours, the drug is infused, after which it can be taken orally by 20 ml for 15 days once a day.
Motherwort herb
Motherwort is used as a decoction or tincture, for which the leaves and seeds of this plant are used. In addition, you can buy motherwort in a pharmacy in the form of a herbal collection or alcohol tincture. Use the finished composition of 10 drops twice a day for two weeks.
Birch leaves
Many herbalists recommend the treatment of glaucoma with folk remedies. Often they advise using dried birch leaves. They are crushed and brewed as tea, adding rose hips and hawthorn. The broth is insisted for several hours and consumed at night, once a day for seven days.
Duckweed
Treatment of glaucoma with folk remedies at home (without surgery) is possible only in the initial stages of the disease. Grind grass duckweed (100 g) with a blender or pass it through a meat grinder, pour a glass of alcohol or high-quality vodka.
Clean the container with the medicine in a cool dark place for 3-4 days. The finished tincture should be diluted 1: 2 with chilled boiled water and taken one teaspoon three times a day for a month. If you have chronic diseases of the stomach, then you should use tincture with the drugs "Proximum", "Pantasan" or "Omeprazole". These drugs normalize the alkaline environment of the stomach. Take them one capsule once a day, during the course of treatment of duckweed.
Nettle
Today, dry nettle grass can be bought at any pharmacy. It has been successfully used to treat glaucoma. Folk remedies (decoctions, infusions) are used for cold compresses. The procedure is carried out twice a day for a month, then a break should be made for two weeks, after which treatment can be continued.
Honey in the treatment of glaucoma
For the preparation of a therapeutic agent, only natural bee honey is used - the use of surrogates can cause serious complications. An aqueous solution is prepared from honey, which is used to instill eyes. Mix water and natural honey cooled to room temperature in a ratio of 1: 1. With this composition, instill one drop twice a day for 10 days.
Anise fruit
Anise is used in folk medicine to treat many eye diseases, including glaucoma. Dried and finely chopped fruits (one tablespoon) pour boiling water (250 ml) and insist for a day. The solution heated to 38 ° C is used as compresses. You can use cotton pads for this.
Blueberry treatment
Ophthalmologists believe that the expressed symptoms and treatment of glaucoma with folk remedies depend on the stage of the disease, the patient's age, his general condition. Therapy with medicinal berries and herbs is quite effective at the beginning of the development of the disease.
The most popular product used in the fight against eye diseases is blueberries, which protect the blood vessels of the eyes and reduce pressure in them. You can eat blueberries in any form at 100 grams per day.
May grass collection
Helps in stabilizing the state of glaucoma decoction of May herbs. To cook it. it is necessary to collect herbs blooming in May: strawberry leaves, dioecious nettle, lily of the valley petals. On 1 spoon (tablespoon) of each herb pour 600 ml of boiling water and leave for nine hours to infuse. Then add 3 grams of baking soda to the product and use it to wash your eyes. The procedure is carried out twice a day - in the morning and in the evening.
The opinion of doctors
If glaucoma is not treated, then over time you can lose vision, while eye structures atrophy. The sharp pressure drops that are characteristic of this disease cause great damage to the optic nerve. Treatment of glaucoma with folk remedies and methods is allowed only in the initial stages of the disease as an adjunct to therapy. To date, it is impossible to completely cure glaucoma. In this case, pathology can be kept under constant control. That is why doctors consider the additional treatment of glaucoma as folk remedies acceptable, the reviews of the cured patients are, to put it mildly, exaggerated.
Officially, an improvement has been recorded, but there is no data on a complete cure. You must understand that this is a long process, the treatment is carried out constantly and under the supervision of an ophthalmologist.
Glaucoma recommendations
In addition to constantly reducing intraocular pressure, the patient should not watch TV for a long time, sit at the computer, sleep face down, or lift weights. In this disease are contraindicated:
- alcohol;
- coffee;
- smoking;
- sun exposure;
- hot bath;
- plentiful drink.
In addition, the patient should monitor nutrition. The patient's diet should include: vegetables and fruits that have a diuretic effect and are rich in vitamin C (dill, parsley, watermelon, currants, blueberries, grapes, cranberries, pumpkin, cabbage).
Treatment Reviews
Reviews of patients confirm the opinion of representatives of traditional medicine. With timely diagnosis, this disease can be controlled under one condition - strictly observe the prescription and recommendations of the attending physician. An experienced ophthalmologist will determine the stage of the disease, prescribe medication, and recommend traditional medicine that is right for you.