2013年8月4日星期日

中醫眼科講座後視光師回應(3)

數月前為香港一個視光學機構系列培訓中作了一個關於中醫眼科講座,以下為其中一位視光師之回應。
One of them was Chinese Medicine and Eye diseases; it provided a new insight of eye diseases using the traditional method. It claimed to be capable of treating certain diseases which was untreatable using western perspective. The alternative treatment method would bring hope to patients having diseases like Recurrent corneal erosion, glaucoma and so on.

The topic I was most interested in is the Chinese medicine of ophthalmology. Before the talk, I did not know what it was; just thinking that it is for enhancing our immune system, not the treatment. However, after the talk, I realize how amazing it is. We have learnt much knowledge relating to eyes from western research and journal, but we did not know the treatment and management from Chinese medicine aspect. Besides, we did not even imagine how magic the Chinese medicine can, such as “treating”glaucoma case in this sharing. Maybe this is just the special case, but at least we can try to solve some problems in other aspect, thinking outside the box, or combine both aspects. The next time when we face some difficulties in our life, we should not give up easily, and try to find another way to solve problems. This change maybe can helps us to have a better result out of our expectation.
I found the topic Chinese Medicine Optometry presented by Mr. Wong was very interesting. It gave a whole new idea and prospect about managing some untreatable cases in traditional optometry such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular edema, which can give the patients have these diseases a new hope of gaining certain level of vision. However, it certainly needs more clinical experiments and trials to get more scientific results to prove it works on most of the patients, so the cooperation between optometrists is very important for the benefits of the patients.

中醫眼科講座後視光師回應(2)

數月前為香港一個視光學機構系列培訓中作了一個關於中醫眼科講座,以下為其中一位視光師之回應。
從小學開始,我們就被灌輸西方醫學是唯一可靠的醫學理論,對於其他醫療學問,多少受先入為主和跟隨主流環境所影嚮,在沒有深入了解之下便有所抗拒,形成對非主流醫學產生了偏見。聽完黃醫師對中醫眼科的講解後,除了驚嘆於中醫治療眼病的成效外,更體會到「突破固有想法」的重要性,如果只一直遵循既定的模式去思考,放棄對其他學問的探索,想法就會變得封閉。作為視光師,我們不應安於現狀,滿足於現有的知識,反之應持續學習,把握機會擴濶視野,才可將最新最全面的知識應用於日常工作上,為客人提供最專業的建議。


中醫眼科講座後視光師回應(3)

中醫眼科講座後視光師回應(1)

數月前為香港一個視光學機構系列培訓中作了一個關於中醫眼科講座,以下為其中一位視光師之回應。

It is a great experience to explore optometry from the view of Chinese medicine. It is encouraging for patients and practitioners to know that the field loss from some ocular diseases can be slowed down. More effort is needed to promote the role of Chinese medicine in the treatment and more researches are needed to investigate how Chinese medicine is used in the diagnosis of ocular diseases….
Among all the topics, the Chinese Medicine Ophthalmology impressed me most. Being an optometrist, nearly all the professional knowledge I learnt was of scientific base. My knowledge about Chinese Medicine is very limited. After listening to the sharing by Mr. Wong, I changed my views towards the Chinese Medicine Ophthalmology. He presented the cases with convincing photos and data. Even in some irreversible eye diseases like glaucoma, a patient showed improvement in the visual field after applying the Chinese medicine. His sharing did broaden my horizons. Although Chinese medicine seems to have little connections to my career, this speech reminded me some of the remarkable sayings: Nothing is impossible, dare to try, dreams may come true.