Care of the Eyes:
1. It is a bad habit, or rather a wrong habit you can say, to look at the pavement below while walking on the road. Instead keep your vision at faraway objects to avoid straining the eyes.
2. Whenever, you read or write, see that the light from your lamp or even sun light fall upon your reading material preferably from the left side. Even when you read during day time, ensure that the rays of light do not directly enter your eyes or fall on your reading materials.
3. Never try to read or do work requiring close application of the eyes sight in poor light. A distance of at least 12 inches I desirable neither or too bring nor too dim & that is falls ever the shoulder at a correct angle. While reading or writing do not sit facing the light.
4. When reading or doing any work that requires close attention, it is well to rest the eyes, occasionally either by closing them for a few seconds, or palming or else by looking out of the window at the distance sky, at green trees or grass for a few minutes.
5. Regarding in a moving vehicle is not desirable your eyes undergo a lot of strain due to shaking continually changes the distance between book and eyes.
6. The study room should be well lit, table should be of such height that the sitting would be erect and book for reading or writing are sufficiently near.
7. Try to do maximum worm of reading & writing in natural sunlight do not read in dazzling or excessively bright light in night. Florescent light is better than light from electric bulbs. High voltage mercury bulb are harmful to the eye sight.
8. Avoid using towel, soap, wash pan, or hand kerchief that are been used by other people. Rubbing the eyes with unclean cloth is harmful.
9. Smoke is injurious to eyes; precaution should be taken not to let the smoke go into eyes & throat. The eyes are greatly injured by use of tobacco & alcohol. Keep away from files, as fly are carrier of eyes infection among children
Yogic & Naturopathic Treatment for Improving Eye Sight:
1. The best way to start off would be by rotating your neck in a full circle, keeping eyes closed, in clockwise as well as anti-clockwise direction (5 or 10 counts each)
1. Blink your eyes with a slight force & vigour & then shut them tights. Do as often as you can.
2. Swinging is excellent for the eyes. Swing your eyes from left to right & right to left like a pendulum.
3. Roll your eye balls in clockwise & anti clockwise movements, keeping face straight. Also move your eye bails to the extreme left and then to the extreme right & then to extreme north & south. Also in North East, South West direction as well as North West South East direction shown in the figure.
4. Similarly turn your full head in this direction.
5. It is advisable to alternately look near and distant objects. You can hold your finger very close to your nose tip say 3-4” away, count 5. Now see a predetermined far away object. Repeat as many time as possible.
6. Palming is a wonderful way of resting tired eyes. Close both eyes & cover them with your palms so as to exclude all light entering them. Keep the fingers crossed over the forehead. You can do palming 1 to 5 minutes daily, even twice a day.
7. It is advisable to gaze at distant mountain, the greenery of trees far away or any distance objects.
8. Have you ever showered you closed eyelids in you bathroom. It is a wonderful massaging technique as the force to shower comes directly on your closed eye lids.
9. As you lie on your bed, gently pinch with the help of your thumb & index finger, the eye lids & dark circle around the eyes cucumber slices, thin potato slices as well as cold milk dabbed on the dark circle will do you a world of good.
10. Splash sufficient water into your open eyes as you washes your face, in fact every time that you wash your face.
11. The feet should be washed with cold water twice a day and at night before going to bed. Rub the feet on wet tiles for 2-3 minutes.
12. Eye Bath: Take a big vessel & fill it with cold water or using an eye cup, bath with boiled & cold water for few seconds. Dip you eyes in it, keeping eyes open. Rotating the eyes with eyes cup in place.
13. Shoulder gazing: Sit on the floor, with leg crossed holding the back, neck and head in straight line. Stretch the right arm in front at level of the shoulder & gaze at the nail of the thumb. Then move the hand to the left shoulder keeping the gaze fixed on nail all the while when hand is near the shoulder gaze at the nail or the shoulder for 5 – 10 seconds. Rotate the arm back to the starting position with the gaze still fixed practice the same with left hand. At the end cover your eyes with both hands & rest for a minute.
14. Steam Bath: Once a week both the closed eyes with steam of salted water. Fill in big bowl with the boiling salt water. Put bowel on ground. Sit in front of it in prone kneeling position cover whole body with quilt or blanket and take steam over the closed eyes for about 5 minutes.
15. Shower on the Head: Take cold water shower on your head for about 2 minutes. If there is not facility of the shower bath, gently pour cold water from jug on your head. This must be done slowly take at least 1 minute.
16. Facial Massage: Start with hot napkin soaked in hot water, massage the face & neck for a minute, then take cold napkin and massage for ½ minute. Repeat this process 3-4 times.
17. Surya Dhyan Or Sun Gazing: This can be done twice one at a time of the rising sun and the other at time of the setting sun. At the time of the rising sun when it is red ball but without blazing face towards the sun & observe the sun with your open eyes for a few seconds. As soon as the sun begins blazing close the eyes. (Make sure that even by mistake you should not gaze at the blazing sun as this can be extremely harmful to your eyes). Now keep the eyes closed but facing the sun. Stand like this for a few minutes and then at cup your eyes by covering them with both your palms, while turning away from the sun.
18. Moon Gazing: When it is brighter & clear preferably on a full moon day. At the full moon or even a half moon. Keep gazing at moon constantly for as long as you can. When your eyes feel tired, cup with palms of your hands. Repeat as many times as possible.
19. Sinha mudra – Lion Pose: Open the mouth as wide as possible. Bring the tongue out as much as possible. Then look at ceiling without raising head or straining eyes. Maintain this position & count 12 slowly, then return to original position. Rest for short while by keeping them closed.
20. Magnetic Treatment for Eyes: Drink magnetized water and splash out. Buy 2 strong magnet (don’t apply strong magnet to eyes) take two glass bottle & fill them with water. Keep one bottle on North Pole & other on the South Pole, after 12 hours water becomes magnetized. Mix from both the bottles, & drink or apply water on both eyes. Apply small Semi half circle low power only south pole magnet or magnetic goggles. Put 15 minutes twice daily after applying magnetic one should remember that cold water should not be splashed on the face or bath should not taken for one hour before or after applying to eyes.
21. Diet for sparkling eyes: Amla or lime if taken in water (not hot) first thing in the morning & before retiring to bed at night, drink a glass full of water to which one flat teaspoon of trifale powder is added. Vitamin A, B & C is good for the eyes. Natural sources of Vitamin a included milk, butter milk, cod liver oil, ripe mango, papaya, carrot, date, orange, tomato and all green leafy vegetables. Vitamin B-Milk, Curd, Egg, Soybean, Apple, Tomato, Banana and Vitamin C- Sweet Sour Fruits, Amla, Lemon, Orange, Guava, and tomato.
