Q. I use artificial tears daily — can Korean medicine reduce that?
Yes, when herbs restore body-fluid generation capacity, artificial tears can be tapered. Korean medicine treats the root cause aiming for independence from artificial tears.
📝 Detailed Answer
It would be good to be precise about the goal. Stopping artificial tears is not the goal.
Artificial tears supplement the tears that are lacking, so using them when needed is right. Using them for a long time does not make the eyes worse.
However, the number of times you put them in decreasing is a sign that the state is improving. Helping in that direction is our role.
There is one thing to check. If you put them in several times a day, a preservative-free single-use product puts less burden on the eye. Frequent use of a product containing preservative can actually become an irritation, so please check with your ophthalmologist or pharmacy.
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