Natural care for a bright eyes

The first important factor in restoring normal health and sparkle to the eyes is to loosen the strain and contracted muscles surrounding the eyes. The eye muscle and neck exercises mentioned below will help achieve this purpose. All these exercises should be performed while sitting in a comfortable position.

Eye Exercises

• Keep the head still and relaxed; gently move the eyes up and down six times. Repeat the same movement two or three times after a rest of two or three seconds in between. The eyes should move slowly and regularly as far down as possible and then as far up as possible.
  
• Move the eyes six times from side to side, as far as possible, without any force or effort. Repeat tow or three times.
  
• Hold up the index of the right hand about eight in front of the eyes, then look from the finger to any other large object ten or more feet away the door or window will do. Look from one to the other ten times. Do this exercise fairly rapidly.
  
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  Move the eyes gently and slowly round in a circle, then move them low in the reverse direction. Do this four times in all. Rest for two or three seconds and then repeat the movements two or three times, using minimum effort.
  

Neck Exercises

Rotate the neck (a) in circles and semi-circles, (b) move the shoulders anti-clockwise briskly, drawing them up as far as possible several times, (c) allow the head to drop forward and backward as far as possible, (d) turn the head to the right and left as far as possible several times. These exercises help to loosen contracted neck muscles which may restrict blood supply to the head.

Splashing

Splash pain, cold water several times on the closed eyes. Rub the closed lids briskly for a minute with a clean towel. This cools the eyes and increase blood supply.

Palming

Sit in a comfortable position in an armchair or on a settee and relax with your eyes closed. Cover the eyes with palms, right palm over the right eye and the left palm over the left eye. Do not press on the eyes. Then with your eyes completely covered in this manner, allow your elbows to drop on to your knees, keeping the knees fairly closed together. While eyes are closed thus, try to imagine blackness, which glows darker and darker. Palming lessens strain and relax the eyes and its surrounding tissues.

Massage

Massage the eyes with warm vegetable oil (olive or sunflower) helps in getting a smoother look. As the skin around the eyes is very delicate, use gentle movements, without tugging. Start by running the third fingertip from your nose, under the eye brows and in a circle around and under the eye and back to the nose. Repeat the movement using circular rotating actions, keeping them light and gentle.