Eye Exercise

Recently, my eyes are tired for obvious reasons. To relax my eyes, I learned the following eye exercises.

Eye exercise is a kind of health exercises for the eyes. The purpose is to massage the eye points, improve the blood circulation of the eyes and head, relax muscles, so to improve eye fatigue, and prevent eye diseases such as myopia.

Eye exercise is a comprehensive massage method based on ancient Chinese medical massage and meridian theory combined with sports and medical treatment. It massages the acupuncture points around the eye to make the blood in the eye unblocked and improve neurotrophy. In addition, eye exercise also includes eye movements and eye (distance) gaze. Lastly, eye health must include nutrition balance as well.

Please note, there is no scientific research on the results of eye exercises. It is a brief ;-)

Most of the following exercises are based on the version of the 2018 Chinese Standard Eye Exercises

Relaxation

1. Wash Face

2. Clean hands (make sure nails are not too long.)

3. Sit comfortably (adjust with table height)

4. Loosen all joints

5. Rub hands to get warm palms. Cover both eyes with warm palms, repeat several times

6. Meditation breath, slow deep inhale and then exhales, repeat several times and then keep it in duration.

Knead Acupoints

(Close eyes for the first four exercises.)

1: Kneading the zan-zhu acupoint

Use the threaded surfaces of the thumbs of both hands to press and massage on the acupuncture points on both sides, and the rest of the fingers will naturally relax, and the fingertips will rest on the forehead naturally. Press the acupoints rhythmically, making four eight beats per lap.

2: Pressing the jing-ming acupoint

Use the threaded surface of the index finger of both hands to press on the acupuncture points on both sides, and the rest of the fingers naturally relax and hold up, showing a hollow fist shape. Press the acupuncture points up and down rhythmically, making four eight beats each lap.

3: Kneading si-bai acupoint

Use the threaded surface of the index finger of both hands to press on the acupuncture points on both sides, and the rest of the fingers naturally relax and hold up, showing a hollow fist shape. Press the acupuncture points and move in circle rhythmically, making four eight beats each lap.

4: Press the tai-yang acupoint and rub the eyebrow

Use the threaded side of the thumb both hands to press on the temples on both sides, and the rest of the fingers naturally relax and bend. First rub the temple (tai-yang) with your thumb, every four times. Then, with the thumb still, use your hands and forefinger to scratch the inner side of the second joint with a little force from the eyebrow to the end of the eyebrow. So alternate, do four eight beats.

Section 5: Rubbing Feng-chi Point

Use the threaded surface of the index finger of both hands to press on the acupuncture points on both sides, and the rest of the fingers naturally relax and hold up around cheeks. Press the acupuncture points and move in circle rhythmically, making four eight beats each lap.

Section 6: Rubbing the tip of earlobe and curving the toe tips

Use the threaded surface of both index finger and thumb to knead the tip of the earlobe (eye acupoint). In the meantime, make tip of toes grasping the ground, making four eight beats each lap.

References (in Chinese - get the feel): https://haokan.baidu.com/v?vid=8370834695325983576&pd=bjh&fr=bjhauthor&type=video

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