Health & Wellness
Accommodation:
Accommodation is eye focusing.
The ciliary muscle controls dynamic eye focus.
It is a smooth muscle...
Like the muscles of peristalsis in the gut...
Controlled by the parasympathetic nervous system.
Activation of the sympathetic nervous system by stress...
Shuts off the parasympathetic system...
Of rest and digest...
And relaxed focus.
That means focus is susceptible to any kind of stress.
Symptoms can include blurred vision...
Eye strain...
Headaches...
And difficulty reading.
Problems
Accommodative Infacility
Accommodative Infacility means slow or difficult focusing.
The eye is the only part of the body where the smooth muscles...
Regulated by the autonomic nervous system...
Have to coordinate closely with the striated muscles...
Controlled by the voluntary nervous system.
For clear single binocular vision...
Two eyes with no direct connection...
Must coordinate with focusing the image on the fovea...
Within about 1 arc minute -
Which is about 1/60 of one degree.
That means all kinds of stresses can interfere with this relationship...
Like emotional stress...
Changes in pH that affect extraocular muscle tension and therefore the phoria...
You name it...
Including cognitive stress.
The deepest solution is to identify and remove the causes...
When Albert Einstein's accommodation was tested...
To create enough mental stress to be detected...
They had him read in one language...
Translate to a second in his mind...
And say it in a third!
(And his level of genius was only an IQ of 160 -
I tested above 186 as a child...
But we each have our own areas of genius...
And our own challenges)
The standard therapy for accommodative dysfunction is behavioral exercises...
Stimulating activity at the muscle level...
And working the neurological control systems...
Including consciousness.
This is typically very effective at improving the function.
I recommend adding Nutritional Vision Therapy to deal with underlying causes...
Such as toxicity and deficiency in addition...
Especially if the condition is more severe...
Or resistant to therapy.
Accommodative Fatigue
Accommodative Fatigue is a loss of flexibility with sustained use.
Even though fatigue doesn't theoretically apply to smooth muscle...
It applies to the ciliary muscle function of focusing...
Because it has to coordinate precisely with the extra-ocular muscles (EOM) for clear single vision.
EOMs can fatigue and tighten...
And much of the eyes circulation drains through the vortex veins...
Associated with those muscles.
The ciliary body is part of the uveal tract which the most vascular tissue in the eye.
Any kind of stress can also affect the balance within the autonomic nervous system...
Potentially suppressing focus facility.
Struggling against such 'fatigue' could lead into a spasm (see the next paragraph)...
As well as pseudomyopia (see the case study) or structural myopia.
Accommodative Spasm
Accommodative spasm means focus is stuck at near.
Smooth muscle doesn't fatigue...
So a focusing cramp doesn't necessarily go away.
A myopic patient in her 50s lost 1.50 diopters of myopia...
With focus biofeedback.
That was a spasm that lasted decades.
But with restored facility, she no longer needed trifocals.
Her new single vision Rx was the same as her old near lens!
Accommodative Insufficiency
Accommodative Insufficiency is a loss of the range of focusing flexibility that is not attributable to normal aging (see below).
My Last 'Functional Medicine' Patient...
A 14 year old girl came to me with severely low focus range.
I knew something had to be very wrong...
Not something that normal methods would be enough to solve...
So I ordered some basic blood tests...
I sent in a hair sample to check for heavy metals...
I had all the results analyzed by a computer algorithm...
For detection of patterns...
Not just the statistical lab 'normal', 'high', and 'low'...
But syndromes...
Groups of findings that were all off in certain directions...
Even just a bit.
Even though no single test was off clinically...
The results showed she was at high risk for acute pancreatitis...
Even though she had no history of pancreas or sugar issues.
The in-depth analysis also recommended quite a few supplements...
Specific for her prevention.
While her mom ordered the supplements...
The girl didn't want to take them.
(They work better when you do)
Three months later she was very sick in the hospital.
The diagnosis?
Yup - Acute Pancreatitis.
Her mom asked the panel of all her medical doctors:
Why hadn't any of them seen this coming?
After all, Dr. Swartwout did...
"Dr. Who?" they asked.
I wasn't part of their club...
So, did they contact me to learn how to better interpret labs...
Using modern computing power...
And advanced predictive algorithms...
That take into account subtle changes in physiology...
And the power of syndrome analysis?
Nope.
Instead, the medical licensing board reviewed my license...
And found that I was not specifically licensed to order lab tests...
So they ruled that I couldn't...
Problem solved - I guess.
My First 'Biological Medicine' Patient...
Fortunately for my patients...
I had also learned how to test the body energetically.
I could get results the same day...
Instead of a month later.
I had been honing my skill on myself and my family...
But the first patient I tested (since I couldn't do lab chemistries)...
Was a woman in her 20s with an inferior hemianopsia in her left eye...
That means she lost half her vision in that eye.
On electrodermal analysis - she reacted to a nosode.
That means a sample of a disease vector or tissue...
In this case: Invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast.
It registered to her left side (same as the eye issue).
I suggested seeing an oncologist...hopefully to rule it out.
But she did have it.
They pushed for radical mastectomy.
She was single, and hoped to marry and have a family one day.
I suggested a second opinion for less invasive treatment.
The second opinion was the same.
I said there's no law against a third opinion.
The next oncologist did minimally invasive treatment...
And she did very well.
In fact, years later she invited me to her wedding.
There are still so many mysteries in life...and in medicine.
But I find it fascinating that the stomach meridian...
Goes right through the breast...
And directly up to the eye.
Presbyopia
Presbyopia is a loss of focusing flexibility due to aging of the crystalline lens.
The lens of the eye is made of cells that are unlike other cells in the body...
They never get replaced.
The lens keeps growing new cell layers on the outside...
Like the rings of a tree.
When most cells age, they get replaced by new cells periodically...
A few days for the gut lining...
Or a month for the skin.
And lens cells come from the skin embryologically...
But when cells in the lens begin to die, we call it a cataract.
Note:
The case above showed when a spasm released...
Presbyopia cleared...
So don't assume loss of focus is just age.
I don't even know anymore what can't heal...
We only find out when we try!
One of our doctors gave my OcuHeal Eye Drops to a patient with beginning cataracts.
Ever since the first drop in each eye...
He could see without his bifocals!
Now...
Healing usually takes time...
But there are times when things change so fast...
I'm not even sure how it can work like that.
And even when it takes time...
And things heal that 'aren't supposed to heal'...
It still feels like a miracle to me...
Life is the real miracle.
Treatment Level 2: Suppression
ADHD Stimulant drugs like Adderall, Ritalin, Concerta, Dexedrine alter neurotransmitter activity, disrupting the delicate neural control of accommodation, often leading to focusing difficulties and binocular vision problems.
Anticholinergics like Atropine block acetylcholine receptors, directly paralyzing the ciliary muscle responsible for accommodation, making it impossible to focus on near objects.
Antipsychotics can impact accommodation through effects on dopamine and other neurotransmitters involved in motor control, including eye movements.
Drug and alcohol toxicity cause neurological damage, impairing neural pathways for accommodation.
Fetal alcohol syndrome results in CNS neurons overshooting and missing their target sites...
Just the opposite of the effects of EMF exposure, which artificially stimulates neuron activity before reaching the target.
This stops growth short.
The first step to prevent EMF issues with neural development is wiring the internet rather than using WiFi...
And putting phones out of reach when on, and in airplane mode unless checking for messages a couple of times a day.
You want help?
If you feel you'd need four degrees to sort this out...
I do have four degrees...
And with 43 years as a Dartmouth doctor...
I know the one way that sorts out your needs...
Is to ask your body...
Yup.
Biocommunication...
Like a health detective's lie-detector test...
But your body doesn't lie.
I'm your 'private eye doctor.'
And I can teach you how to hear...
And understand...
Your body's cries for help.
You see...
I don't work for any insurance company...
Or state...
Or licensing board...
Not for 20 years.
And not for money...
I took a vow of spiritual poverty 30 years ago.
I just help folks like you...
Fellow healers:
Self-healers...
Caregivers...
Like parents...and children...
Coaches...
Teachers...
Researchers...
And doctors who want to truly heal...
We are a rare species...
But gems do exist...
Like the ones in our 'Practitioners' pages...
Hold them dear when you find them!
I give my help to Remedy Match...
Where we make my Functional Formulations by hand...
And All Heal, our non-profit.
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Solutions
Behavioral Vision Rehabilitation
My father trained thousands of eye doctors in his vision rehabilitation methods.
He developed techniques both for in-office and home use.
I wrote Refreshing Vision to emphasize what can be done at home...
But I included some of my favorite procedures that do require work with a licensed eye doctor.
In any case, you will want and need a really good eye doc who you can work with.
That's why I've listed my top suggestions near the 100 major metro areas in the states...
You'll find them on my practitioner finder page.
Root Causes based on my Clinical Theory
Terrain Phase 5: Balance
Stress
Reducing psychoemotional stress factors can improve accommodative function, as stress exacerbates focusing difficulties through autonomic dysregulation.
I apply individualized essences tested to be associated with the individual's current life stress pattern and its resolution, as well as affirmations to contemplate for the related issues.
Deeper clearing of chronic and inherited epigenetic stress patterns are addressed through tailored Infoceuticals and EVOX Perception Reframing biofeedback via the internet.
Terrain Phase 4: Cleanse
Toxicity
Heavy Metals, especially Lead, and Mercury
These neurotoxins damage neural pathways controlling eye focus by disrupting cellular function and neurotransmitter systems essential for accommodative control.
Heavy metals are the typical key toxin in the Stomach Meridian...
Going directly to the central macula of the eye...
Where focused images are received.
Pulsing oral Chelation removes heavy metals.
For Mercury...
Start with Glutathione Syntropy...
So the Mercury leaves via the liver instead of the kidneys.
For Lead...
Get the Lead Out.
Pesticides and Herbicides
Toxic agricultural chemicals affect nervous system function, potentially impacting the fine neural control required for accommodation through neurotoxic mechanisms.
Pesticides are particularly hard on the Spleen/Pancreas Meridian that plugs directly into the ciliary body.
Other Environmental Pollutants
Air pollution and industrial chemicals contribute to systemic inflammation and oxidative stress, affecting eye tissues and accommodative function.
Embryological Tissue Layer 4: Communication
Vision
Binocular Vision Dysfunctions like strabismus impair the coordination needed for proper accommodation, as both eyes must work together for effective focusing.
Convergence Insufficiency often coexists with accommodative insufficiency as both involve near vision difficulties, creating compounding focusing problems.
Presbyopia can be confused with or exacerbate accommodative insufficiency
Neurological
Neurological disorders like traumatic brain injury disrupt neural pathways controlling eye movements and focus, directly impairing accommodative function.
My Clear the Way formula dissolves excess scar tissue...
Fast...
Restoring the flow of blood, CSF, glymph, nerve current and information.
Neurasthenia, characterized by fatigue, irritability, and concentration difficulties...
Can worsen accommodative symptoms...
By reducing neural efficiency and eye muscle function.
Cleansing the eye and brain while you sleep...
Is key to restoring energy and function.
Take Brain Cleanse at bedtime.
Tissue Layer 2: Connection System
Vascular
Acidity from stress and toxicity binds oxygen...
Reducing cellular energy.
High blood pressure means thick acid blood...
Reducing blood flow to the ciliary body.
The first thing to reach for...
To reduce acid wastes in the blood is Microbiome...
A broad spectrum of 34 species...
To improve immunity...
Enzymes...
Digestion...
B vitamin production...
Bulk...
Elimination...
And reduce strain on the kidneys...
Because most blood toxins come from the colon.
The blood-eye barrier...
Like the blood-brain-barrier...
Is essential to keep toxins out of the eye.
Terrain Restore for Eye, Brain and Body is the key...
So you can seal leaky gut...
Leaky kidney tubules...
Leaky vascular endothelium...
Leaky blood-brain barrier...
Leaky blood-eye barrier...
And supporting pesticide detox.
Low red blood cell count also reduces oxygen delivery... Impairing accommodation and causing focusing fatigue.
Longevity is best with low normal Iron...
Because excess Iron is oxidizing...
So you can take 29 synergists...
To clean out too much Iron with Iron Out.
But if Iron is clinically low...
The best way to optimize it up to the low normal range...
Is with the 29 synergists in Iron Syntropy.
Most Iron supplements are very constipating...
But I formulated Iron Syntropy with highly absorbably Iron plus synergists.
Dental
Oral health issues contribute to systemic inflammation affecting eye health and function.
Common issues include dental infections...
Amalgam fillings...
And root canal...
With related NICO lesions in the jawbone.
Follow our Dental Protocol for critical root causes...
You'll find the nearest biological dentist via that link.
Each tooth is on a meridian...
With effects on specific eye tissues.
The spleen/pancreas meridian links to focus...
So molars are of great concern.
Treatment Level 4: Support
Nutritional Deficiency
Poor nutrition weakens body systems affecting focus.
Mineral Deficiency
Minerals are even more essential than vitamins.
Zinc Deficiency
Zinc is crucial for immunity, retinal health and all the special senses as well as vitamin A absorption.
Zinc deficiency can affect visual clarity and accommodation through impaired retinal function and its antioxidant function.
Zinc Syntropy supplies 9 bioavailable forms of zinc plus 11 synergists.
Magnesium Deficiency
Zinc is essential for many metabolic enzymes...
Second only to Magnesium.
Magnesium is essential for energy and muscle functions.
Most magnesium fails to cross the blood-brain barrier...
And the blood-eye barrier.
That's why I formulated Neuro Magnesium drink powder... With both forms that get into the eye and brain...
Plus 16 synergists.
Vitamin Deficiency
Vitamin A Deficiency
Retinol is essential for retinal health and vision.
Deficiency can compound accommodative difficulties.
Vitamin A Syntropy boosts Vitamin A 25 ways.
B-Vitamin Deficiencies (especially B1 - Thiamine)
B vitamins support nerve and muscle function, including eye muscles involved in accommodation.
Deficiency may impair neural transmission and muscle energy metabolism affecting focusing ability.
Different B vitamins are most active at different times of day...
So Vital Energy B is formulated for afternoon B vitamin support...
Including B1.
And Sustain boosts B's needed for evening energy 24 ways...
Thiamine is not an evening vitamin...
Vitamin C Deficiency
As an antioxidant supporting eye tissue health, vitamin C deficiency could contribute to eye strain and focusing issues through reduced tissue integrity and increased oxidative stress.
Vitamin C Syntropy supports sustained intracellular antioxidant activity...
26 ways.
In fact -
It's the only complete intracellular antioxidant remedy.
Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency
Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids:
DHA in particular supports eye health and vision.
It is essential to convert light into electricity in the cell membrane.
DHA is the main lipid in the central nervous system and is essential for retinal and brain functions.
DHA also supports healthy accommodative function through its anti-inflammatory properties.
I make a DHA remedy based in whole algae oil...
So it comes from the base of the food chain...
Making it clean...
So we can use the whole oil.
That means you get the Phytoceramides as well as the DHA.
I add lipophilic vitamins, and potent botanicals:
Saffron - the most valuable spice on our spice planet -
Standardized for the carotenoid Safranal.
Saffron has been found to improve vision.
And second, I include the polyphenol C3G.
This precious bioflavonoid from the forbidden black rice...
Was traditionally reserved for the Emperor...
So enjoy it fully...
And use it well.
My Functional Formulation is WholOmega.
And by the way...
The gel cap is from seaweed - not gelatin...
So you don't have to worry about it being contaminated with glyphosate...
And the coloring is from Curcumin i.e. Turmeric...
So it's beneficial as well.
That's just how I roll...
What's Missing?
All healing challenges have precise needs.
To heal faster...
Easier...
Better.
Deficiencies...need repletion...
Like WholOmega for DHA.
Toxins...need specific detox support...
Like Glutathione Syntropy for Mercury.
Trauma...needs nutrients to heal...
Like Clear the Way to clear scar disturbances.
Epigenetic stress...needs the right Infoceutical...
To turn off the stress genes...
And turn on your healthy genes.
To identify the essential resources you need...
We start with a Bioenergetic Wellness Scan (BWS)...
Identify the precise tissues, circuits and systems...
That are overworked and under-supported.
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Accommodative Esotropia - Case Study 1:
Clarity of Direction in Life
“Thank you so much for such a loving healing session and an open heart with a welcoming spirit.
Thank you for your time, for your kind attentiveness and all the expertise and knowledge you've shared with us.
Both you and Rae are such an encouragement and an inspiration our family really needed.
Thank you for being who you are, it's such a gift :)
We are already seeing slight improvements in Maya's [crossed] eyes which is very exciting.
We are all detoxing and rebalancing, taking the meds, improving our focus and our communication.
Making a lot of big decisions too.
It's been great and it's also been very stressful this week.
But we're getting clarity through it all and that's what we've been seeking and asking for.”
-A.K.
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