A survey on treatment of dry eye by traditional chinese medicine and integrative chinese and Western medicine.
- Author:
Wan-yu ZHOU
1
;
Yue-hong LI
Author Information
1. Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, China. luxian64@163.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Acupuncture;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
therapeutic use;
Dry Eye Syndromes;
therapy;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Moxibustion
- From:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
2006;12(2):154-159
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Dry eye is now one of the most common superficial disorders in ophthalmology at home and abroad, and more and more people attach importance to the study. The ideal approach for treatment of dry eye is to normalize the condition by rebuilding the superficial circumstance of the eye, and to make tear film work as well as possible so as to relieve the irritating symptoms in the eye. The authors are making a comprehensive discussion on the methods and curative effects of treating dry eye by traditional Chinese medicine and by integrative Chinese and Western medicine in recent years, so as to introduce the distinctive features of the traditional Chinese medicine and integrative Chinese and Western medicine in this field.
