Tibetan Eye Chart on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
The Tibetan eye chart is a tool allegedly developed by
The Tibetan eye chart is a tool allegedly developed by Tibetan monks
Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...
. According to some authors, it can be used to train the muscles and nerves of the optical
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultravio ...
system, correcting visual problems. However, the International Orthoptic Association The International Orthoptic Association represents over 20,000 orthoptists, in over 20 countries.
History
The International Orthoptic Association was formed in 1967 after the first International Orthoptic Congress. The British Orthoptic Associat ...
has found no scientific evidence of the effectiveness of this treatment.KC Fitzmaurice: Visual Rehabilitation: An Orthoptic Perspective. Transactions VIIth International Orthoptic Congress 1991, Ed G.Tillson, p 369.
See also
*Eye chart
__NOTOC__
An eye chart, or optotype, is a chart used to subjectively measure visual acuity. Eye charts are often used by health care professionals, such as optometrists, physicians or nurses, to screen persons for vision impairment. Ophthalmologi ...
References
{{reflist Tibetan medicine Eye care