The EyeBright regimen uses acupuncture, herbs, supplements, lifestyle, and more to support your whole body health and visual acuity as you live with degenerative eye diseases such as macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt’s, conjunctivitis, post-herpetic eye pain, dry eye, and more.
This regimen offers real hope where there has been very little for patients with these conditions. 
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There is hope for your vision! Keep crafting, reading, driving, working, and living your best life!

What can you expect with The EyeBright Regimen?

The initial consultation visit will include a full health history and intake, basic eye tests to establish a vision baseline, education on nutrition and lifestyle will be reviewed and you will receive two 30 minute treatments in a row. The acupuncture points in this treatment are mainly in the hands and feet.
No needles in the eyes! You can expect to be in the clinic for about 2 hours this first day.

Each follow-up treatment visit consists of a health check-in and two 30 minute acupuncture treatments. You can expect to be in the clinic for about 75 minutes for follow-up appointments.

The initial set of treatments are most effective if they are close together. It is best to have two treatments a day every weekday or every other weekday for the first week or two. Then you will come in every other week for two 30 minute treatments to maintain your health gains. As your health increases once every third week or less can be achieved and if there are health setbacks a small course of closely scheduled treatments can help to stabilize your vision. Just like all acupuncture for degenerative diseases it depends on how your body responds and how you are supporting yourself outside the clinic with hydration, nutrition, lifestyle, and more.

It is important to track your progress to ensure you are benefiting from the EyeBright Regimen. It is an  expenditure of energy and financial resources that should bring value to your life. We re-evaluate your progress after the first 5 visits and as needed. If after 10 visits you experience no change at all then this may not be the right path for you. It is rare that a person experiences no change but it is important for us to honor your time and respect your investment in yourself through regular evaluation. To this end, it is also important that you continue with your Ophthalmologist and follow all of their recommendations.  
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With the EyeBright Regimen, it is reasonable to expect 25 to 40 visits in a year to slow the degenerative process, prevent further degeneration, and increase visual acuity. Keep in mind that the degenerative process is something that has been developing in the body for many years and is an ongoing process. It takes time and commitment to make health gains and slow the degenerative process.

New Patient EyeBright Consultation and Double Treatment- $200
Return Patient EyeBright Double Treatment- $100        
Give yourself the gift of vision! 

Articles:
You Are A Powerhouse Of Vision And Health Sept 2020 – Cassandra shares strategies for you to maintain your eye health!
Protecting Your Vision Long-Term: The Joy Of Seeing Life in Natural Awakenings Jan 2020 – Cassandra shares about long term eye health!
Determined To See Mar 2016 – Mats shares some history!
Per Otte Patent Documents Sep 2005 – Micro-acupuncture legacy!

Podcasts and videos:
WellConnected Twin Cities Jul 2020 – I talk shop with Lilly of WellConnected!
Green Tea Conversations Apr 2019 – Mats and I talk shop!
Qiological Jan 2018 – Mats sharing some more wisdom!
Everyday Acupuncture May 2016 – Mats sharing some wisdom!

Eye Health Acupuncturists Near You:
Mats Sexton, L.Ac. is back in the Twin Cites working at the Marsh! Reach out to him if that location is better for you. The best acupuncture is the acupuncture you can easily get to regularly. 
Here is a list of acupuncturists trained in this method. It is always great to find someone close to you! If you have a favorite local practitioner ask them to take a class with Mats Sexton, L.Ac.. That is how Dr. Cassandra learned this specialty and it is wonderful!

Low Vision Resources:
Low Vision Restoration: Custom hands free vision devices.
National Eye Institute: General information about age-related macular degeneration.
State Services for the Blind of Minnesota: facilitating the achievement of vocational and personal independence by Minnesotans who are blind, visually impaired or DeafBlind.
Vision Loss Resources: support to assist in regaining independence after vision loss.
Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss: fostering independent and vibrant lives for individuals with vision loss.
Foundation Fighting Blindness: Driving research for degenerative eye diseases.
The Low Vision Store: St. Paul shop with many useful items to make life easier.

Research about Eye Health and Acupuncture:
Micro Acupuncture Treatment of Macular Degeneration: Of the eighty-six patients treated, seventy-nine (almost 92%) had shown significant improvement – while seven had very little or no improvement – indicating that Micro Acupuncture is significantly effective in the treatment of Macular Degeneration.
Microcurrent stimulation in the treatment of dry and wet macular degeneration: In DAMD eyes, twice as many patients showed a positive trend (52%) compared to those showing deterioration (26%), and the changes were often sizable, whereas deteriorations were usually very slight (Figures 1 and ​and5).5). In WAMD eyes, five of six (83%) patients again showed a positive trend, while none showed deterioration.
Red Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation): Given the promising pre-clinical results and the equally promising first few translations to human patients, we should expect a growth in the field of photobiomodulation applied to treat common retinal conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, retinopathy of prematurity, and diabetic retinopathy, as well as the many orphan disease variants of retinitis pigmentosa and possibly other retinal conditions.
AREDS: With specific vitamins a significant reduction (P = 0.002) for the development of moderate vision loss was seen (OR 0.71; 95% CI, 0.57-0.88). No adverse effects were associated with the AREDS formulation. Mortality was reduced in participants assigned to zinc, especially death from circulatory diseases. (This is the vitamin study.)
Evidence Based Acupuncture: showing the current state of knowledge about acupuncture, using science.