The Jing says “the liver is open to the eyes”, and the veins of the foot sympathetic Yin are connected to the eyes, so the eyes are most closely related to the liver meridian. But “all the veins belong to the eyes”, “the essence of the five viscera and six bowels, are injected into the eyes and the essence”, although the eyes have extensive contact with the meridians, organs, but the most close to the foot and the liver meridian, so where the “eye The “eye”, do not forget the foot Turk’yin also. Ling Shu – the meridian said: “the liver and the foot of the veins of the sympathetic yin, starting from the big toe of the hair, up through the foot i on the Lian, to the inner ankle an inch, on the ankle eight inches, after the intersection out of Taiyin, on the N inner Lian, following the femoral yin, into the hair, over the pubic apparatus, against the abdomen, holding the stomach, belonging to the liver, bile, on the diaphragm, cloth, after following the throat, into the forehead, even the eye system, on It goes up the throat, enters the forehead, connects with the eye system, and comes out of the forehead to meet with the Governor’s Vessel at the top. Its branch is from the eye system down to the cheek and around the lips. Its branch, again from the liver, through the diaphragm, up into the lungs.” Therefore, the liver meridian is connected to the eye system, and the vision of the purpose depends on the drainage of liver qi and the nutrition of liver blood. The physiological function of the liver is “the main drainage” and “the main blood collection”, the liver stores abundant blood, which is regulated and distributed throughout the body by the drainage function of the liver. Therefore, the Sutra says: “The liver receives blood and can see, the foot receives blood and can walk, the palm receives blood and can hold, the fingers receive blood and can take in”. One of the roles of liver blood is to nourish the eyes and protect the eyesight, so
“When the liver is in harmony, the eyes can recognize the five colors”. Since the liver is very closely related to the eyes, thus the normal function of the liver can often be reflected in the eyes. If the liver blood is sufficient, the eyes are clear; if the liver blood is insufficient and the eyes are not nourished, the eyes are dry and faint, and the vision is unclear or night blind; if the liver meridian has wind-heat, the eyes are red and itchy; if the liver fire is inflamed, the eyes are red and opacified; if the liver yang is hyperactive, the head and eyes are dizzy; if the liver wind moves within, the eyes are oblique and upward looking, etc. Therefore, whenever there is a disease of the eyes, the liver and feet of the sympathetic yin are often regulated, and this is called seeking the root. In medicine, the decline of visual function is considered a sign of real aging of the eyes. Once a person is over 40-45 years old, you will find that when reading at close range or for a long time, you often feel blurred handwriting, can’t see things, and will feel blinding when light hits your eyes directly, which means that your eyes are starting to age, followed by cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration and other age-related eye diseases. Teenagers who do not pay attention to eye protection and use their eyes excessively for a long time will also suffer from dry eyes and many other eye diseases, which will bring trouble and inconvenience to life and work. How to protect your eyes: 1, to regulate the emotions: the emotions in Chinese medicine include happiness, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear and fear, also known as the “seven emotions”. In addition to the heart and mind, the mental and emotional activities of people are also closely related to the drainage function of the liver. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: anger hurts the liver, happiness hurts the heart, sorrow hurts the lungs, thought hurts the spleen, fear hurts the kidneys, and all diseases are born in the qi, which is for the injury caused by emotions and affects the qi of the liver. Such as anger hurts the liver, liver fire will lead to hyperactivity of liver yang, the eyes are red, dizziness, dizziness; think hurt the spleen, liver depression will lead to blood stagnation, qi and blood can not be glorified in the eyes, the eyes are dizzy, insomnia and forgetfulness. 2, to ensure adequate sleep: can make the eyes get sufficient rest, especially at night, the son and ugly hours (23:00-3:00), is the gall bladder and liver meridian when the hour. This time the human body can not rest quietly, back to the liver blood is insufficient, can not restrain the liver of the Yang Qi ascension, liver Yang on the hyperactive, liver fire rise, there will be red eyes, headaches, dizziness and other discomfort. 3, adhere to do eye exercises: eye exercises are easy to do, is a good scientific method of eye protection, it is based on the meridian point theory of Chinese medicine and acupuncture, massage principles, combined with the creation of medical sports methods. By massaging the acupuncture points around the eyes and the skin and muscles, it can unblock the meridians and blood, enhance eye circulation, relax the muscles in the eyes, improve nerve nutrition, release the spasm of the orbicularis oculi and ciliary muscle, eliminate eye fatigue and improve vision. Modern people use their eyes too much, must insist on doing oh. 4, physical therapy: can wash your face every morning and evening, respectively, prepare 40 ° C hot water and cold water in a basin, first wet towel with hot water and quickly wrung out, put on the eyes, wait for the towel to cool, then dip the towel in cold water and wrung out, put on the eyes, so repeat 3 times. Adhere to every day, can regulate the eye neurovascular disorders. 5, to develop healthy habits: also pay attention to drinking more water, can often drink chrysanthemum wolfberry tea to nourish the blood and clear the liver and eyes; eat less sweets, because the sugar in sweets in the body digestion and absorption will consume a lot of vitamin B1 and calcium, lack of vitamin B1 will make the eye nervous system abnormal, lack of calcium and will make the eye structure abnormal; often eat grains, because grains contain a variety of trace elements and a variety of vitamins, with Mixed grains and beans cooked porridge often drink, not only good for the eyes, but also good for health; use the eyes generally do not exceed 40-60 minutes, reasonable and correct use of the eyes can slow down the aging of the eyes. Do not stare at the computer, television and books for a long time, especially in the air-conditioned room, it is easy to trigger dry eyes, etc., for a long time in front of the computer work or study, every hour should be put out the window for a few minutes, look at the green, blue sky, beautiful scenery, so that the eyes relax; adhere to sports, outdoor sports can make the whole body circulation, in addition to playing table tennis or badminton sports, the eyes with the rapid movement of the sphere Rotation, can play a regulating, relaxing role, long-term often let the eyes turn up and down can also exercise the eye muscles, delay presbyopia, prevent myopia, is the best exercise to protect the eyes; in the hot summer, go out must wear sunglasses to prevent ultraviolet light to make the eyes aging. 6, food therapy and health care, medicine and food: (1) chrysanthemum tea: chrysanthemum 5 grams, Chinese wolfberry 10 ⑵ solid yuan paste: gum, black sesame, walnuts, Chinese wolfberry, dates, yellow wine blend, steamed. (3) burn fried carrots, must be over oil, in order to fully absorb vitamin A. (4) according to the physical condition of the appropriate amount of longan, mulberry, animal liver, animal blood, etc. (5) eat more yellow-green, red, black food and vegetables, such as: (carrots, corn, broccoli, kiwi, tomatoes, dates, black sesame, walnuts, mulberry, etc.) because the yellow into the spleen, the spleen is the origin of the latter, the source of Qi and blood biochemical, green into the liver The liver is open to the eyes, black into the kidneys, liver and kidneys are the same source, nourishing the liver is nourishing the kidneys, red into the heart and blood, blood is sufficient, the eyes are nourished. Modern medicine believes that the rich lutein and zeaxanthin in yellow-green food will accumulate in the light-sensitive tissues at the back of the eyes, helping the eyes to fight ultraviolet light, but also to prevent functional degeneration of the eyes.