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The *Ge Shi Fang* (Method of Ge) for treating bamboo or wood splinters stuck in the eye that cannot be removed:
Take two heads of salted fish (*Baoyu*), thread them with a rope. Boil them in human urine until soft, take the juice, and instill it into the eye; the splinter will immediately come out.

The *Long Men Fang* (Method of Long Men) for treating an eye splinter that cannot be removed:
Burn the steamer band (cloth used at the bottom of a steamer) to ash, consume a small amount orally; the splinter will be expelled immediately.

Another prescription: Grind high-quality ink, dip a brush in it, and apply it to the pupil; the splinter will come out.

The *Guang Li Fang* (Method of Guang Li) for treating wheat awns stuck in the eye that cannot be removed:
Boil large barley to extract its juice, instill it into the eye; the awn will immediately come out.

The *Zhi Yan Fang* (Method for Treating Eyes) for treating rice or wheat awns stuck in the eye:
Take live grubs (*Qicao*, larvae of scarab beetles), cover the eye with a new cloth, and rub the grub over the cloth; once the awn is removed and adheres to the cloth, it is effective.

It is also stated: For wheat awns entering the eye:
Break open the back of a mole cricket (*Lougu*), place it on the foreign body for half a day, then the object entering the eye will come out.

The *Long Men Fang* method for wheat awns entering the eye:
Wash the eye with the juice from the steamer band to expel the awn.

The *Fan Wang Fang* method for rice and wheat awns entering the eye:
Take barley juice and instill it into the eye.

The *Su Jing Ben Cao Zhu* (Commentary on Materia Medica by Su Jing) states: For rice or wheat awns stuck in the eye that cannot be removed, take lotus root juice and instill it into the eye; the awn will immediately come out.

The *Ge Shi Fang* method for sudden entrapment of eyes by awn grass, sand, stones, and similar foreign bodies:
Grind high-quality ink, dip a new brush in it, and apply it to the pupil.

Another prescription: Put a small amount of salt and fermented soybeans (*Shi*) into water; look closely at it, and the foreign body will come out.

The *Guang Ji Fang* (Method of Guang Ji) for treating foreign bodies in the eye:
Take a small amount of steamer band, burn it to ash, and swallow with water using a measure of one square inch spoon (*Fang Cun Bi*); the foreign body will be expelled immediately.

The *Zhi Yan Fang* for treating foreign bodies in the eye:
In the morning, face the door, bow twice, and say: "The door is too narrow to lodge guests," then the condition will heal. (This is identical to the *Ji Yan Fang*).

It is also stated: To treat foreign bodies such as awns, grass, and sand falling into the eye and causing entrapment:
Apply chicken liver (*Jigan*).

Another prescription: Swallow one piece of silkworm feces (*Can Shi*); this is excellent.

Additionally, moxa-ignite the joint of the middle toe, corresponding to the left or right eye. (The above methods are consistent with those in the *Qian Jin Fang*).

The *Qian Jin Fang* (Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold) for treating foreign bodies in the eye:
Bookworms (*Baiyu*, silverfish found in books), mixed with milk, and instilled into the eye.

The *Yi Men Fang* (Method of Medical Gate) for treating foreign bodies in the eye causing blurred vision:
Insert butter (*Su*) into the nostril; tilt the head according to the side, allowing the liquid to flow forward into the eye. When tears flow from the eye, the foreign body is driven out. If butter is unavailable, lard (*Zhuzhi*) is also good.

The *Fan Wang Fang* for treating persistent foreign bodies in the eye that generate pterygium (*Yinfu*):
Kochia herb (*Qumai*), dried ginger (*Ganjiang*).
These two substances are divided equally and ground into powder. Take one Dao Gui measure with well water (*Jinghua Shui*, water drawn early in the morning from a well), three times a day.