A manual on the natural care of the eye with exercises to improve eyesight & treat various eye disorders. Also includes letters by Sri Aurobindo on yogic vision
This book, which is a comprehensive manual on the natural care of the eye, starts from the concept that eyesight is intricately connected to the mind and explains how good habits of eye care and mental relaxation can keep the eyes rested and refreshed. It then suggests simple but effective exercises to improve eyesight and treat various eye disorders. There are also chapters on the discoveries of Dr W. H. Bates and the physiology of the eye, as well as case histories, question-and-answer sections, and some letters by Sri Aurobindo on eyesight and yogic vision.
1) Sun Treatment with Eyes Closed
a. In a chair, make movement from side to side.
b. In a rocking chair, make movement forward and backward.
c. Imagine shifting from one knee to the other.
d. Take a ball, make movement from side to side in the hands.
2) Use of Sunglasses or Magnifying Lens
a. With closed eyelids, movement from side to side.
b. Gathering rays on the white part, the sclera, when the patient looks downwards: make a quick movement.
3) Open Eye Sun Treatment
a. Shift sight towards the sun when not hot.
b. Stand in the sea or a river or keep feet in cold water and glance at the sun with frequent blinking.
4) Sun Treatment for Babies
Sway the baby gently from side to side.
5) Sun Treatment Below A Tree
When the sun is too hot or unbearable.
6) When the Sun Not Available
Take the help of a 200 or 500 watt lamp.
7) Sun Treatment Along With Eyewash
Fill the basin with cold water to which salt may be added; dip the eyes and face in the water and then glance at the sun while blinking; repeat about ten times.
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