Good
Habits for Healthy Eyes (part1)

Just
as general health can be preserved by doing physical exercises, ocular health
can be maintained by certain good habits.

The ten good
habits described below help to maintain good eyesight. As these activities
become regular habits in due course of time, no extra time is required to be
spared for them.

(1) Water-Splash: Splash cold water over the closed eyes three
or four times a day. Ice-water or water from a refrigerator will also serve the
purpose. Splash water over the eyes while washing the face in the morning,
before taking the meals and at bed-time.

Method: Full the mouth with as much water as it can contain.
Keeping the mouth full of water splash water over the closed eyes eight to ten
times from a distance of four to five inches. If possible, do not wipe the
water on the face. Let it dry of its own. Empty the mouth now.

(2) Palming: Palming means covering the closed eyes with
the palms. When the eyes are fatigued or exhausted, they can be relaxed by
palming. A five minutes palming twice or thrice a day is a must. Count up to
eight hundred for a five minute palming. Alternately, listen to two records or
music or songs, each of three minutes. The purpose is well served while
listening to slow melodious music.

One can
still tell whether a room is lighted or dark if one simply keeps his eyes
closed. This means that light is entering his eyes.This can be prevented by
covering the closed eyes with palms. Complete rest is necessary to preserve
good eyesight. The eyes, while being palmed, experience pitchy darkness which
gives them good rest.

Palming has
been found to be most efficacious and should be cultivated as a daily habit by
all. In palming, the closed eyes are covered with the palms of hands (both the
palms slighted cupped, the fingers being crossed on the fore-head) in such a
way as to avoid pressure or touching on the eye-balls. Take care that the outside
light does not reach meditate

Method of Palming-1 : Sit on a chair in front of a table. Place the
elbows on the table and do palming as shown in the figure.

Method of Palming-2 : Sit on the ground or on a cot, the back
touching the wall. Raise the knees to the chest. Rest the head on the wall. Put
the elbows on the knees and practice palming as shown in the figure. This is
the best and most comfortable method.

Method of Palming-3 : Sit on a chair; Put a small pillow on the
thighs. Support the elbow on the pillow and do palming as shown in the figure.
The method also is convenient.

If, after
the water-splash, palming with wet hands and wet face is performed, the eyes
get coolness in condition to advantage of the palming.

3) Washing the feet with cold water: The feet should be
washed with cold water twice a day and at night before going to bed. Rub the
feet on the wet tiles of the bath-room for two or three minutes. Pour cold
water on the feet while rubbing them on the tiles. This practice induces sound
sleep which in turn helps to maintain good eyesight. Massaging the bottoms of
the feet with cow’s ghee or pure castor oil seems to serve the same purpose;
that is, to have a good effect on the eyes through the feet.

Continue………

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a nice day

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