Acupuncture cannot treat presbyopia, it can only improve the symptoms. Acupuncture points that can improve the symptoms include Shangming, the posterior bulb point, the cataract point, and the eye point.
1. Shangming, also known as Shangchengjing, is located on the forehead, at the midpoint of the eyebrow arch, under the supraorbital rim, and can be used to treat various eye diseases, such as refractive error, myopia, diplopia, and cataracts.
2. The Posterior Ball Point is located on the face, at the junction of the outer 1/4 and inner 3/4 of the infraorbital rim, and can be used for treating all kinds of eye diseases, such as myopia, glaucoma, refractive error, early cataract, vitreous clouding and so on.
3. Cataract Ming acupoint is located at the nape of the neck, 1 inch after the cataract point; it can be used for treating various eye diseases, such as myopia, hyperopia, cataract, and night blindness.
4. Eye Ming Point is located 0.1 inch above the inner canthus of the eye; it can treat eye redness, swelling and pain, tearing in the wind, pterygium, inner and outer cataracts and other diseases.
Presbyopia is a normal physiological phenomenon, and can not be treated, can only improve the symptoms, try to improve vision, improve the quality of life, usually also need to maintain good habits to slow down the course of the disease.