Hot compresses on the eyes can relieve the spasm and paralysis of the eye muscles and accelerate the blood circulation around the eyes, which has certain benefits for myopia, but is only a secondary effect and cannot be used to treat myopia. Myopia is divided into true myopia and pseudomyopia, pseudomyopia is the fatigue of the muscles around the eyes resulting in blurred vision, usually in adolescents; true myopia is due to organic pathology of the refractive system of the eye resulting in blurred vision. Hot compresses on the eyes are useful for pseudomyopia because they relieve the fatigued eye muscles and slightly reduce the original symptoms of blurred vision. For true myopia, hot compresses can not play a therapeutic role, but can relieve the symptoms of eye fatigue. Hot compress eyes need to choose a clean towel, or steam eye mask, hot compress temperature should not be too high, preferably not more than 50 ℃, hot compress time can not be too long, about 10 minutes to avoid causing low temperature burns. Also note that before applying hot compresses to the eyes, attention should be paid to the periocular area for any injuries, if there is a wound, try to wait for the wound to heal to avoid skin infection. In addition, hot compresses on the eyes can promote blood flow to the eyes, has the effect of eliminating edema; for people who do not sleep well, the process of hot compresses on the eyes, but also to calm the mind, the quality of sleep also has some improvement. For people with inflammatory diseases of the eyes, hot compresses can also promote the absorption of inflammation and speed up the healing of the disease. So, hot compresses on the eyes are not only good for myopia, but also for other eye diseases.