London: Believe it or not, marigolds can
treat blindness -- as a British optician has claimed to have
regained his sight by taking food supplement containing
extracts from the orange flower.
73-year-old Harry Marsland feared he would lose his
sight completely after developing dry age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) – a condition responsible for half of all
cases of blindness in England.
The retired optician said that his vision in right eye
had become so bad that he could not get around without the
help of his wife and he was even considering learning Braille
when the disease affected his left eye.
However, after trying various treatments to no avail,
Marsland finally decided to experiment taking a vitamin
supplement containing extracts from the marigolds.
Within months of taking the capsules, he regained
vision in his left eye, The Telegraph said.
Marsland said: "I now know professionally that I have
recovered almost completely from the effects of the dry AMD in
my left eye. I am the first person to have such good fortune".
"I have recovered 95 per cent of the sight in my left
eye which is miraculous, considering that at one point I was
literally blind in the dark," he added.He said that he got to know about the supplement,
Macushield, which contains marigolds in 2007 when his
ophthalmologist handed him a leaflet he had picked up at a
conference.
PTI