Pleo Muc Eye Drops: a product worthy of a second look

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients,  Oct, 2002  by Kirk R. Dr. Slagel

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The power of sight is a most remarkable sense. Given the immense complexity of the eye and its many structures, this is one area of the body that requires the utmost in attentive healthcare. Maintaining overall health can go a long way to prolong our visual abilities and decrease the effects of aging on our vision. However, if an injury or medical condition occurs it is very important to seek competent medical care immediately.

Generally, most people can maintain their vision for many years of their life through awareness and prevention. And, of course prevention is always the preferred type of healthcare. However, one of the SANUM products, Pleo Muc Eye Drops may provide such benefit for both prevention and at times treatment of various eye conditions.

Anatomically speaking the eye consists of three layers, or Coats: the outer coat is the combined Sciera and Cornea, the mid-coat is the Uvea, and the inner coat is the Retina.

The Sclera and Cornea serve as the protective external coat covering the eye. The Sciera is a tough white, fibrous, opaque tissue that is the "white" of the eye. It begins at the external posterior aspect where it is pierced by the optic nerve, ciliary arteries and nerves, and associated veins. It proceeds anteriorly covering the spherical surface of the eye where it meets the Cornea.

The Cornea is the anterior covering of the eye. It is a transparent membrane that consists of five sub-layers. The cornea is largely responsible for the refraction of light that enters the eye. The sclera and cornea also have a protective function for the sensitive inner coats.

The mid layer is the Uvea, also referred to as the Vascular Pigmented Coat. It consists of the choroid, ciliary body and iris. The choroid consists of blood vessels and connective tissue, which gives the blood supply to the outer two-thirds of the retina.

The inner coat is the Retina. The retina receives the image that is transmitted through the cornea and lens and acts like the film of a camera. This is the image transmitted to the optic center of the brain.

Medical conditions may be associated with any of these various coats. Simple airborne dust and debris may irritate or even scratch the cornea, while serious conditions such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, a detached retina, or lens changes that result in vision disturbances affect the middle and inner coats.

The various conditions that affect the eye may also be viewed in a different light. In the five-element theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine the organs of the body correspond to the various senses. For example, one of the five elements is Wood. Wood is associated with the liver, a solid organ with a Yin quality. The gallbladder is the hollow organ, Yang quality, in the Wood element. The Wood sense organ is the eye with sight being the expressed sense. The Liver rules the tendons and the eyes in the five-element system.

When qi energy and fluid in the body are deficient then the eyes can become swollen and inflamed, or pulled out of focus by the muscles and tendons that control them. Since the Liver acupuncture meridian passes through the tissues of the eyes, then according to this system, the liver directly affects the eyes. The various eye problems experienced: cataracts, glaucoma, inflamed, red or dry eyes, night blindness, excessive tearing, and general visual abnormalities basically mirror the condition of the liver.

The patient seeking eye care will most likely benefit from a combination of therapies. General treatment from a qualified ophthalmologist and/or optometrist, combined with a plan for overall wellness, liver support and eye care will be the best mode of treatment. Some conditions are quite severe and may threaten the person's sight. Other conditions may simply require gentle rinsing of the eye with no serious consequences. And, still others may benefit from a diet and lifestyle modification program.

However, a physician may consider a possible addition to the eye maintenance program and that is the use of Pleo Muc Eye Drops as an adjunct therapy.

Pleo Muc Eye Drops consist of the Enderlein-based SANUM remedy Mucokehl, called Pleo Muc in the US, and isotonic sodium chloride. Mucokehl is generally used as a body-wide balancing remedy, which also supports circulation. It benefits the circulation by reducing congest ion and promoting flow. This will facilitate the blood qi to move more freely and thus, provide all of the many benefits of increased blood and blood qi to the body. This increased circulation would then benefit the liver in a similar manner, by promoting blood qi and flow to this ruling organ.

Pleo Muc Eye Drops may locally affect the eye in a comparable manner that Pleo Muc affects the overall body. It may support increased circulation of the eye, and thus indirectly the liver.

Pleo Muc Eye Drops are beneficial for the basic dry, irritated eyes as experienced from stress, dust, wind and glare. Some patients have reported with long-term daily use of Pleo Muc Eye Drops, increased benefits to their vision. While this is not a claim of the product it would reason that soothing the eye by reducing some of the stressors on these sensitive tissues would decrease some of the detrimental effects of the various factors that may affect the eye.