Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Myopia in Children

There are many ways to treat children's myopia. The cost of treating children's myopia is related to the different treatment methods chosen by the children. There are many methods to choose from during the treatment of children's myopia. First of all, you can let the children wear glasses. This is the first treatment method that many parents will think of. Then they will use other methods, but it needs to be judged according to the symptoms of the children. There are also people who choose traditional Chinese medicine for children. So what are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine for treating children's myopia?

For myopia, although its causes are related to many aspects, the main ones are the imbalance of yin and yang in the internal organs and the disorder of qi and blood functions. The treatment should be based on syndrome differentiation and combined with systemic and ocular symptoms. Chinese medicine experts use the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment to classify myopia into the following four types, and provide different treatments for each type.

(1) Liver and kidney deficiency type. The liver and kidneys should be nourished. The herbs used include wolfberry, Ligustrum lucidum, Cistanche deserticola, Cynomorium songaricum, mulberry fruit, red ginseng, chrysanthemum, Cuscuta australis, Rehmannia root, and Poria.

(2) Weak heart qi type. It is necessary to nourish the heart and calm the mind, and use Codonopsis pilosula, Ziziphus jujuba seed, Torreya grandiflora seed, Platycodon grandiflorum, Rehmannia root, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, etc.

(3) Liver qi stagnation type. It is necessary to soothe the liver and relieve depression. Use herbs such as peony bark, gardenia, angelica, atractylodes, bupleurum, cyperus, poria, white peony root, Ligustrum lucidum, mulberry fruit, green peel, and licorice.

(4) Spleen and kidney deficiency type. It is necessary to strengthen the spleen and kidney, and use Codonopsis pilosula, Poria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Dioscorea paniculata, Polygala tenuifolia, Schisandra chinensis, Plantago seed, Alisma orientalis, Lycium barbarum, Cornus officinalis, etc.

If you want to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat children's myopia, you might as well try this method to allow your child's myopia to be better treated and handled. When treating your child's myopia, you must find the right method for your child. In short, if you can wear glasses, it is best to wear glasses. If the glasses can be corrected, don't perform surgery on your child. This will not harm the child's body.