Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of Santong method for brightening eyes in the intervention of low myopia.Methods:A total of 256 children aged 6 to 13 with low myopia were included.All of them visited Eye Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.The prospective,stratified,randomized,controlled clinical trial design was adopted.The patients were stratified according to the eye with higher diopter(-1.00 D<SE≤-0.50 D and-3.00 D≤SE≤-1.00 D),and then randomly divided into control group(128 cases,236 eyes)and treatment group(128 cases,235 eyes).The control group were given health education and mydriatic optometry(subjects of-3.00 D≤SE≤-1.00 D needing to wear glasses).In addition,the treatment group was given the Santong method for brightening eyes meridian following(earball,percussion puncture of plum-blossom needle and acupoint application).Both of them were treated continuously for 6 months.Results:After intervention,the control rate of myopia progression in treatment group was significantly higher than that in control group(P<0.01).After three months of intervention,the naked visual acuity,diopter and corneal curvature of the treatment group were better than those of the control group(P<0.01,P<0.05).After intervention,the diopter and binocular adjustment sensitivity of-1.00 D<SE≤-0.50 D treatment group increased(P<0.05).After the intervention,the naked visual acuity of the treatment group with-3.00 D≤ SE≤-1.00 D was better than that of the control group(P<0.05).The negative relative adjustment,adjustment amplitude and adjustment sensitivity of the treatment group were all significantly higher than before(P<0.05,P<0.01).But in the control group,only the adjustment sensitivity was higher than that before intervention(P<0.05).After six months of intervention,the naked eye visual acuity,diopter and adjustment sensitivity of the treatment group with-1.00 D<SE≤-0.50 D were better than those of the control group(P<0.01,P<0.05);the adjustment sensitivity visibly increased in the-1.00 D<SE≤-0.50 D treatment group after intervention(P<0.05,P<0.01).The naked visual acuity,binocular adjustment amplitude and adjustment sensitivity of the treatment group with-3.00 D≤SE≤-1.00 D were better than those of the control group(P<0.01,P<0.05);the negative relative adjustment,adjustment amplitude and adjustment sensitivity of the treatment group were significantly improved before intervention(P<0.05,P<0.0l).Comparing the results of three months and six months,it was found that the adjustment function after six months of intervention were significantly better than that of three months.No serious adverse events occurred during the treatment period.Conclusion:Santong method for brightening eyes plays a positive role in controlling the progress of myopia and slowing down the growth rate of myopia degree.It can improve the adjustment function,and the longer the intervention time,the more obvious the improvement of patients'regulatory function.Besides,this therapy has high safety,which is worthy of clinical application.
Low myopiaSantong method for brightening eyesVisionDiopterOcular axisAdjustment functionRandomized controlled trial