Acupuncture, Oxygen (EWOT – Exercise With Oxygen Therapy), Ozone, Rheopheresis, Sunglasses, Aloe Vera Juice, Cinnamon, Diet, Nutrients     [Part 2]

There is no conventional treatment for dry form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD or ARMD), other than taking AREDS nutrients and hoping it does not turn into wet form. This article is not intended to give advice on treating any condition, but rather to give a case history of what treatments and therapies one elderly female patient has undergone to stabilize her dry form of AMD. The following is a summary of alternative or nonconventional therapies the patient has been doing. Except for rheopheresis, she is continuing with all other therapies mentioned below:

1. Over the course of last 10 years we have continuously amended her insulin-dosing chart for 4 daily injections to improve blood sugar control

2. Modified her diet that limits carbohydrates to 10% of meals, and increased vegetables (usually raw, occasionally steamed) to 50-60% of meals, rest being protein and non-meat fats e.g. avocado

3. She takes 1-2 tablespoons of hemp oil daily, that has the ideal balance of omega-3, -6, and -9 fats; also dabs virgin cold-pressed olive oil on food, toast

4. I have given her acupuncture intermittently, primarily 1-5 needles in the ear(s) e.g. zero point, shen men, liver, kidney, lung — to stimulate these areas and Read More→