Patient's question:
I have macular degeneration and neural atrophy caused by severe myopia. Can it be treated? What methods are used? Patient, female, 44 years old, has been wearing glasses since middle school. Her vision has been very poor in the past two years.Doctor's answer:
The causes of macular degeneration leading to visual distortion are numerous. Generally, subretinal exudative fluid accumulation causes macular edema and bleeding. Bleeding from vessel rupture and leakage, as well as vessel leakage and bleeding. Trauma, inflammation, tumors, tissue necrosis, elevated or lowered blood pressure can damage the vessel walls, leading to bleeding. Dysfunction in the hemostatic mechanism due to enlarged ultrastructural pores in endothelial cells, and neovascularization-induced leakage and bleeding.Classification of bleeding: traumatic bleeding, vessel rupture bleeding, inflammatory bleeding, hemorrhage due to hyperactive blood circulation, degenerative bleeding (changes in blood coagulation mechanism), Qi deficiency in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) failing to grasp blood, or Spleen deficiency failing to control blood. Vessel hardening, thickened vessel walls, reduced blood flow, retinal tissue ischemia, tissue necrosis, and bleeding. Thrombotic bleeding. Compression bleeding, such as intracranial tumor compression causing localized bleeding.
The causes of bleeding are related to hypertension, diabetes, vascular embolism, blood disorders, kidney disease, trauma, complications of high myopia, macular hemorrhage, and idiopathic neovascularization-induced bleeding.
Pathological process: bleeding or exudation, edema, proliferation, neovascularization, secondary proliferation, secondary exudation, and recurrent bleeding.
Treatment primarily involves purifying the blood, repairing endothelial cells, blocking neovascularization, and guiding cells to transform positively.
In TCM, macular bleeding is typically classified as retinal artery embolism, venous embolism, peri-venular inflammation, hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, nephritis, blood disorders, etc., which correspond to TCM conditions like sudden blindness or clouded vision.
The Weicun Traditional Chinese Medicine Eye Clinic in Shenzhao, Hebei, has accumulated extensive experience in treating macular bleeding. Through syndrome differentiation, combined with fundus conditions, they have developed a series of effective herbal formulas to restore vision in patients with only light perception.
TCM can effectively treat macular edema, bleeding, exudation, vitreous opacity, liquefaction, and neovascularization. Typically, two months of herbal treatment can eliminate edema and exudation, and even severe cases usually improve within three months.
TCM treatment addresses the root cause by improving the body's immune function, enabling self-repair of damaged organs. Simultaneously, it enhances vision while scientifically validating results through OCT comparisons before and after treatment. Trust in science means trusting TCM—science paves the future, and science advances TCM.
Patients can undergo OCT before and one month after herbal treatment for comparison, making efficacy visible.
The eyes connect to the five internal organs and six fu organs. In fact, any eye disease (excluding trauma) arises from dysfunction in internal organ systems, blocked meridians, and impaired upward circulation of qi, blood, and body fluids, leading to various eye conditions over time. The pathological process of eye diseases is merely an external manifestation of dysfunction in internal organs, meridians, and visual pathways.
Every eye disease follows a process of occurrence, development, and change. Understanding this process and its patterns allows for timely correction of internal organ dysfunction, unblocking blood circulation, and adjusting brain and optic nerves, restoring the body to normal immune function. No difficult condition is insurmountable.
Chen Zhanyong’s Treatment for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Central serous chorioretinopathy is an eye condition caused by dysfunction of the pigment epithelial barrier, leading to serous detachment of the retinal neuroepithelium in the macular area. It primarily affects young adults, is usually unilateral, and presents with visual distortion, reduced size, color changes, and a central circular gray or brownish shadow. Amsler grid distortion or bending. The foveal reflex appears diffuse. TCM treatment is highly effective, improving vision within half a month and achieving basic recovery within one to two months.
Central Exudative Chorioretinopathy (Youthful Hemorrhagic Macular Degeneration)
This condition, also known as exudative macular degeneration with hemorrhage, results from neovascularization, leakage, bleeding, and fibrosis, ultimately forming scars and causing permanent central vision loss. It may be associated with tuberculosis or viral infections. Clinically, it appears outwardly normal but presents with vision loss, shadowed vision, and visual distortion (without size reduction), Amsler grid distortion, and central scotomas on visual field tests. The exact cause is unclear, and Western medicine offers no definitive treatment. Laser therapy can significantly impact vision if the lesion is near the fovea, with poor outcomes and risks of blindness. Photodynamic therapy only controls progression, does not improve vision, is expensive, and prone to recurrence.
TCM internal treatment for macular disease at Chen Zhanyong’s clinic addresses the root cause, improving vision within half a month and achieving basic recovery within one to two months.
Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
AMD primarily presents as circular lesions and is a leading cause of blindness in the elderly. Outwardly normal, it causes blurred vision, visual distortion, and central shadows. The fundus is classified as dry (atrophic) or wet (exudative).
Dry AMD (atrophic): Early stages show mild pigment disturbance in the macula, unclear or absent foveal reflex, and scattered drusen. Late stages may include golden-fleck changes, geographic atrophy of the pigment epithelium, cystoid degeneration, or lamellar holes.
Wet AMD (exudative): Early stages show pigment epithelial disturbance, absent or diffuse foveal reflex, and confluent drusen. Mid-stages involve macular edema, bleeding, and exudation, with serous or hemorrhagic detachment and proliferating neovascularization. Late stages form circular disciform scars.
Macular disease is a severe ophthalmic condition and a major cause of blindness. Chen Zhanyong’s clinic specializes in immune balance therapy, regulating internal organs, unblocking meridians, and using traditional herbal formulas. Through syndrome differentiation, many patients have regained vision.