In their article, “The Use of Acupuncture in Ophthalmology,”
Wong & Ching wrote: “Ophthalmology today can boast of
95% accuracy in diagnosis, but modern therapeutics has not caught
up with diagnosis. Despite an inability to explain in modern scientific
terms the healing power of acupuncture, documentation of over 500
cases treated shows that this modality can be successful in the
treatment of eye diseases, especially in cases of retinitis pigmentosa,
high myopia, cataracts, surgical aphakia, controlled glaucoma and
re-attached ablation retinae. We notice in these cases that improvement
occurs in the central acuity, and no improvement in the visual field,
color vision and night-blindness. Apparently acupuncture acts on
the macula alone and not on the entire retina. Acupuncture is not
intended to substitute for established medication or surgery in
ophthalmology. It cannot restore a tissue or organ damaged beyond
regeneration; ‘incurable’ eye diseases per se are not
cured by acupuncture. Only symptoms are relieved and dimness of
vision is a symptom which can be alleviated in many cases with periodic
treatment.” (Am J Chin Med, 1980 Spring-Summer;8(1-2):104-53).
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