Physostigma & myopia, help!

Thank you both for your input. I appreciate it! As I already have the Physostigma 6C I will continue with that for the moment. drprodip what did you mean by the dosage is mistaken? What should the dosage be?

Also, have either of you seen improvement in myopia from this remedy (or the Ruta/Euphrasia combination)? I am moderately myopic, was previously -5 and now am between -4 and -3 and hope to improve even more. It would be encouraging if I knew other people had improved their vision through homeopathy.

RB123 it's great to hear from someone taking physostigma. Do you mind telling me if you're short sighted, long sighted or presbyopic (use reading glasses)?

I am more than willing to share the info about which methods I've been using but it is difficult to summarise them in a few sentences so bear with me.

Last October I discovered that you could improve your eyesight so I began with a book called Improve Your Vision Without Glasses or Contact Lenses which I purchased from America (I think it's available on Amazon). It's a series of techniques and exercises aimed at improving your focussing and decreasing strain whilst increasing relaxation. You do them for 30mins each day. I started at a shortsighted prescription of -5 and did this book for a month whilst wearing a weaker lens than my normal one (to leave room for my eyes to adjust themselves). I wore a -4 lens and tested my sight using a chart every now and then. I found by the end of the month that my eyes were seeing clearly through the -4 lens (20/20) which I later had confirmed by an optician.

After that I got bored of the book and tried different things like supplements and the Bates method (this is all about learning to relax your eye muscles by getting your mind under proper control).

I have noticed that when I do a 5 day detox using N-Acetyl Cysteine, Vitamins C and E with the necessary rubbish cut from my diet that my eyesight improves and sharpens up. The best eyesight I have had yet is around -3 or -3.5 in the past year which I was happy with by a lazy diet and rubbish eye habits creeping back in have brought me down slightly.

I can be of more help to you if you let me know which of the above eye conditions you have ie. short or long sight

Could you tell me also what strength of lenses you wear and how you notice your vision is sharper. Do you wear glasses and notice they're too strong, or do you never wear glasses and notice things just look better? I hope you will give me a few more details on the positive effect of physostigma because I really am curious as to its effect on vision problems.

Thanks :)

It might be helpful to know that I wore glasses for 10 years to get to that prescription and I'm 23 now.

In all the time I was getting new glasses I never got a prescription that was lower than my previous one, so I am happy that it's decreasing but want to carry on and see how far I can get as there are people who've come back from -5 to get normal vision.

Before I explain this I must stress that the detox isn't a substitute for doing vision work as I did (and am still doing) and it might not even work if your son already has a good diet.

I used 600mg of NAC twice a day, 100mg Vitamin E and 500mg Vitamin C - for 5 days. I drank 2L of water every day (important as you need to drink more when taking NAC) and cut out white flour, dairy products, sugar, meat, processed foods etc. I ate nice fresh foods and lots of fruit and veg. I am not advising this for your 9 year old as I have no idea if this is suitable.

Let me know how he gets on if you find out it is suitable and do try it :) I guess if the supplements aren't appropriate maybe you could try like a month's detox of just the dietary suggestions as I am 100% sure things like sugar don't help vision in any way so cutting them out may help alone.

I agree...although have a look for The Bates Method and try that out on him as it will help :)