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What scientific studies have substantiated the benefit of acupuncture in treating eye diseases?

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What scientific studies have substantiated the benefit of acupuncture in treating eye diseases?

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Visual field and visual acuity tests document improvement when it occurs. An article, Medical Acupuncture For Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Preliminary Report, published in Medical Acupuncture, Volume Fourteen, Number Two, documents improvements in vision in a small study of patients. Though acupuncture does not benefit all patients, you will know within 10 treatments if it can help you.