WOLFBERRY MAY IMPROVE DRY EYE SYNDROME|國內動物實驗證實 枸杞有助改善乾眼

7 million people in Taiwan suffer from dry eye syndrome. A domestic study recently found that eating wolfberry extract has a 50% possibility of improvement in symptoms. There may be human clinical trials in the near future. Modern people always have mobiles phones at the ready. This has led to over 7 million people with dry eye syndrome in Taiwan. Ophthalmologists also found that people are suffering at a younger age than previously. It used to be at an average age of 50, but the age is now down to 30. Veterans General Hospital Department of Ophthalmology doctor, Hung Chi-ting even treated a 7-year-old child with dry eyes. ==HUNG CHI-TING, Ophthalmologist, Tri-Service General Hospital== We then realized that the 7-year-old boy spent more than 10 hours a day on smartphones, which made his eyes dry. When the eye gets dry, it blinks to stimulate tear secretion, but ultimately tears run dry too. To protect the eyes, many people choose to eat wolfberry. Dr. Hung and Tajen University College of Pharmacy and Healthcare Dean Chen Fu-an, found that mice with dry eyes given 21 consecutive days of ingestion of wolfberry extract, had improved tear secretion one week after the 21-day feeding program ceased. 50 percent of the mice had improved symptoms. ==HUNG CHI-TING, Ophthalmologist, Tri-Service General Hospital== The wolfberry contains a special substance called trimethylglycine. It also comes with polymeric carbohydrates, which are anti-inflammatory. ==PATIENT OF DRY EYE SYNDROME== My condition was due to incomplete makeup removal, which caused the compounds to get into my eyes, leading to dry eye syndrome. My doctor recommended drinking wolfberry tea, which I drank for a little bit more than 3 weeks. Research that wolfberry improves dry eyes has been published in international journals. In the future, they will conduct human clinical trials to prove efficacy. Doctors still remind people that in addition to taking food supplements, they should spend less time staring at the phone screen or overusing their eyes to protect them. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 拿起手機滑呀滑，眼睛疲勞都沒感覺。現代人3C產品不離身，有乾眼症的患者全台超過700萬人，眼科醫生更發現，乾眼症患者年輕化，過去平均年齡50歲以上，現在降到30歲以下，三軍總醫院眼科醫師洪啟庭甚至診療到一名7歲就有乾眼症的男童。 ==三軍總醫院眼科醫師 洪啟庭== 其實發現到他(7歲男童) 每天玩(手機)的時間 都10幾個小時 所以他(眼睛)乾澀 因為(眼睛)它本身乾了 所以說它會不斷地眨眼睛 會讓我們的淚水 不斷的分泌出來 可是分泌久了 也還是不夠啦 不少民眾會吃枸杞保養眼睛，洪啟庭與大仁科技大學藥學院長陳福安等人研究發現，有乾眼症的老鼠，連續21天灌食枸杞萃取物，停灌後一星期，老鼠的淚液分泌量開始增加，有5成的老鼠改善乾眼症症狀。 ==三軍總醫院眼科醫師 洪啟庭== 它(枸杞)裡面有一個 非常特殊的叫做甜菜鹼 那另外一方面呢 它(枸杞)本身也有多醣 多醣它本身可以抗發炎 ==乾眼症患者== (當初)卸妝沒有卸乾淨 導致那種油脂進入眼睛 所以它就造成乾眼症 (醫生)有建議喝枸杞(茶) 喝了差不多三個多禮拜 這項研究，已經登在國際期刊，未來將進行人體臨床試驗，不過醫師還是提醒，除了食補還要改善生活習慣，避免長時間盯手機螢幕或用眼過度，才能真正保護靈魂之窗。 記者 王柔婷 陳顯坤 高雄報導