Presbyopia, also known as "age-related loss of accommodative ability," is most common in people over 40 years old. It is caused by the hardening of the lens, decreased elasticity, and reduced ability of the ciliary muscle to contract, resulting in reduced accommodation and difficulty in viewing objects at close range. This phenomenon is called presbyopia. The most direct manifestations are blurred vision, fatigue, eye strain, tearing, photophobia, dryness, and associated headaches when reading at close range.
Presbyopia Remedy 1: Drink more Chinese Chrysanthemum and Goji Berry Tea
You can do some eye exercises that are good for the eyes. For example, use blinking exercises to invigorate and maintain the eye muscles. At the same time, gently rub the eyelids with both hands to promote eye lubrication. When closing your eyes, try to straighten your chest, close your eyes tightly for a while, and then relax, and repeat this process. This method has a good effect on presbyopia and can improve eyesight.
Presbyopia Remedy 2: Goji Leaf and Pig Liver Soup to alleviate presbyopia
Specific method: Take 100 grams of fresh goji leaves and 100-150 grams of pig liver. Wash the goji leaves and pig liver, slice the pig liver, and mix with the condiments. First, boil the goji leaves in water for a moment, then add the pig liver and boil until boiling, season and eat, or use it as a side dish. It has the effects of tonifying deficiency, nourishing essence, dispelling wind, and brightening the eyes.
Presbyopia Remedy 3: Regular consumption of black beans can alleviate presbyopia
Specific method: 50 grams of goji berries, 500 grams of black beans, 500 milliliters of white wine, 1000 milliliters of water. First, heat the water in a pot, add black beans, goji berries, and white wine, and cook for 1 hour. Take them out and dry them for later use. Take 50 pills each morning and evening. This medicine has no side effects and can be taken all year round.
Dietary considerations for presbyopia:
1. Snacks rich in vitamin C and E, vitamin E, C, etc. have strong antioxidant effects in the body and have a good protective effect on the lens. There are many such foods and fruits. Common ones include red dates, walnuts, sesame seeds, sea buckthorn, prickly pear, persimmons, apples, oranges, lemons, etc.
2. Provide more high-quality protein foods, such as lamb, beef, rabbit meat, fish, eggs, quail eggs, nuts, legumes, and soy products, etc.
3. In the medicinal diet and diet therapy for presbyopia, it is important to pay attention to the regular supplementation of trace elements such as copper, zinc, selenium, and iodine, and also pay attention to the supplementation of iron. Examples include goji berries, white atractylodes, mother of pearl, angelica, salvia, astragalus, codonopsis, polygonatum, night-blooming cereus, Chinese yam, dodder, chrysanthemum, cassia seed, rehmannia, oyster, Solomon's seal, red dates, and honey, etc.
4. Elderly people often have comorbidities such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. Therefore, presbyopia patients should not consume foods with higher animal fat content, but should consume more vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, spinach, celery, alfalfa, and garlic sprouts, etc.
