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[Chunxue Gao (Spring Snow Ointment)] Treats wind-toxin attacking upward in men and women, causing dim vision, nebula (corneal opacity or proliferation) obstructing the visual axis, photophobia, excessive hot tears, dull pain and astringency making it difficult to open the eyes, redness and ulceration of the eyelids, pterygium invading the cornea. It treats all kinds of ophthalmic diseases caused by wind-toxin.

Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - stir-fried, each one jin).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, add one and a half zhan of water, decoct until seven-tenths remains. Take after meals and before going to bed. Mix with mint tea for administration, or take with Chuhua Miao Tang (Decoction of Chrysanthemum Seedlings) is also acceptable. Avoid pickled foods, sauces, wet noodles, roasted and fried foods, as well as foods that induce wind or are toxic.

Treats upper jiao (Upper Burner) affected by wind-heat, where qi-toxin attacks and rushes upward, causing sudden redness of the eyes, gritty sensation, photophobia, swelling, pain, excessive discharge, tearing when exposed to wind, and dull pain in the eyelids. It treats all these conditions. (Another prescription is seen later.)

Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma - not heated), Xiangfu (Cyperi Rhizoma - stir-fried, remove hairs, each four liang), Longdancao (Gentianae Radix - washed, remove rhizome base), Caojuemingzi (Cassiae Semen - slightly stir-fried), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma).
Grind the above herbs into fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mix with Shu Shui (boiled water infused with Maidong) and a little brown sugar, take after meals; or mix with Mi Gan Shui (rice washing water) is also acceptable. Take after meals or before going to sleep.

Treats heat accumulation in the Liver Meridian, where wind-toxin internally contends and attacks upward to the eyes, causing nebula obscuring the pupil, redness, swelling, pain, dim vision, excessive discharge and tearing, and internal/external cataracts or eye obstructions.

Chan Tui (Cicadae Periostracum - washed and cleaned of soil), Gujingcao (Evodiae Flos - washed and cleaned of soil), Baijili (Tribuli Fructus - stir-fried), Juhua (Chrysanthemi Flos - remove stems), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix - not heated), Caojueming (Cassiae Semen), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma - stir-fried).
Grind the above herbs into powder. Take two qian per dose, mix with clear tea water for administration, or mix with Jingjie Tang (Decoction of Schizonepetae Spica) with a little tea is also acceptable. Take after meals and before retiring.

Treats deficiency of the Liver Meridian, internally affected by wind-heat, which attacks upward to the eyes, causing dim vision, itching and pain, dullness and astringency making it hard to open, dizziness, redness and swelling, photophobia, difficulty in distant vision, tearing when exposed to wind, and frequent seeing of black spots (floaters). It treats all these conditions.

Naohzi (Borneolum Syntheticum - ground, two and a half qian), Ruiren (Pruni Armeniacae Semen - peel and shell removed, pressed to remove oil, two liang).
Take six qian of raw honey, mix thoroughly with Naohzi and Ruiren. Use copper chopsticks or gold/silver hairpins to dip a small amount and instill into the eyes. Additionally, it treats redness and ulceration extending from the eyelids to the orbit; apply the medicine coated on oil paper as a patch.