Case Study Of Acupuncture & TCM For Cataract

Female, 58 years old. Gradual deterioration of the vision for two years. Symptoms included blurred vision, headache, dry eyes, irritability, insomnia, a bitter taste in the mouth and a dry throat. Examination showed visual acuity of 0.6 in the right eye and 0.3 in the left, no abnormality of the outside of the eyes and wedge-shaped spokes in the cortex of the lens that was cloudy after pupil dilation. There was no obvious abnormality in the fundus. The tongue body was red with a thin, yellow coating and the pulse was wiry.